(1) Whosoever unlawfully discloses to another person facts which are subject to the postal or telecommunications secret and which became known to him as the owner or employee of an enterprise in the business of providing postal or telecommunications services, shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine.

(2) Whosoever, as an owner or employee of an enterprise indicated in subsection (1) above unlawfully

1.  opens a piece of sealed mail which has been entrusted to such an enterprise for delivery or gains knowledge of its content without breaking the seal by using technical means;

2.  suppresses a piece of mail entrusted to such an enterprise for delivery; or

3.  permits or encourages one of the offences indicated in subsection (1) or in Nos 1 or 2 above,

shall incur the same penalty.  

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall apply to persons who

1.  perform tasks of supervision over an enterprise indicated in subsection (1) above;

2.  are entrusted by such an enterprise or with its authorisation, to provide postal or telecommunications services; or

3.  are entrusted with the establishment of facilities serving the operation of such an enterprise or with performing work thereon.

(4) Whosoever unlawfully discloses to another person facts which became known to him as a public official outside the postal or telecommunications service on the basis of an authorised or unauthorised infringement of the postal or telecommunications secret shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine.

(5) The immediate circumstances of the postal operations of particular persons as well as the content of pieces of mail are subject to the postal secret. The content of telecommunications and their immediate circumstances, especially the fact whether someone has participated in or is participating in a telecommunications event, are subject to the telecommunications secret. The telecommunications secret also extends to the immediate circumstances of unsuccessful attempts to make a connection.