---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 581.304"
title: "5"
number: "581.304"
heading: "Nonliability for disclosure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/581.304"
---

# §581.304. Nonliability for disclosure.

- (a) No Federal employee whose duties include responding to interrogatories pursuant to [§ 581.303(b)](/cfr/5/581.303.md?p=b), shall be subject to any disciplinary action or civil or criminal liability or penalty for any disclosure of information made by him/her in connection with the carrying out of any duties pertaining directly or indirectly to answering such interrogatories.
- (b) However, a governmental entity would not be precluded from taking disciplinary action against an employee who consistently or purposely failed to provide correct information requested by interrogatories.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 26280, June 7, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 659; 15 U.S.C. 1673; E.O. 12105, 43 FR 59465, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 262. Secs. 581.102 and 581.306 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8336a and 8412a.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 85667, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 26280, June 7, 1983]