---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2608.401"
title: "5"
number: "2608.401"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2608.401"
---

# §2608.401. Penalties.

- (a) An employee who discloses official records or information or gives testimony relating to official information, except as expressly authorized by OGE or as ordered by a Federal court after OGE has had the opportunity to be heard, may face the penalties provided in [18 U.S.C. 641](/usc/18/641.md) and other applicable laws. Additionally, former OGE employees are subject to the restrictions and penalties of 18 U.S.C. [207](/usc/18/207.md) and [216](/usc/18/216.md).
- (b) A current OGE employee who testifies or produces official records and information in violation of this part shall be subject to disciplinary action.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. (Sec. 401, Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 44 U.S.C. 3101-3107, 3301-3303a, 3308-3314.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 35710, May 21, 2002, unless otherwise noted.