Cypriot Criminal Code, CAP 154, (last amendment (4) 2011), Provision 135
The information was last updated in 2013 and may not accurately represent the present situation. It makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member of the European Union and was published before the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on the 31 January 2020.
Targeted professionals: *All public officers, including medical practitioners, police officers, legal officers of the Service of the Attorney General, are bound by this provision not to disclose state or official (service) information.
Professional Secrecy Provisions
Conditions for disclosing information
*Information can only be disclosed after authorisation.
Right or duty to report
*Public officials have a duty to report any abuse of other public officers but they rarely do in practice.
Existence of disciplinary sanctions in case of non-reporting
*Maximum two years imprisonment or 2543.88 Euros or both sanctions.
Source
Cyprus Online Legal Portal: www.leginetcy.com (passwords needed)
Additional information
Date of entering into force
1987
Information collecting point
The Cyprus Medical Association