The legal and evidential questions
Disclosure of Investigation Information. The first task is to identify the participant's exact procedural status and duty. The statutory starting point shown on this page is Article 374 (Disclosure of investigative information). The provision concerns disclosure by a person duly warned that disclosure was prohibited; the warning, material and actual disclosure require proof.
Obtain the secrecy warning or procedural order, exact information disclosed, authorised recipients, transmission evidence, access logs and the status of the investigation at the time.
A mistake or inconsistency is not automatically a crime
Liability depends on the specific duty and intentional conduct alleged. Every version, warning, translation, context and opportunity for lawful correction should be preserved and compared.
Questions to answer first
Identify the participant's exact procedural status and duty
Preserve every version of the statement or material
Distinguish mistake, inconsistency, privilege and lawful correction from intentional wrongdoing
Prevent contact that could be characterised as witness influence
Evidence that may matter
- Interview and examination records
- Audio, video and magistrate-judge testimony
- Messages and contact chronology
- Original documents, metadata and custody records
- Expert and interpreter instructions
Criminal Code articles to check
Disclosure of investigative information
The provision concerns disclosure by a person duly warned that disclosure was prohibited; the warning, material and actual disclosure require proof.
Read full Article 374 text on this pageRead the relevant Criminal Code provisions
The panel below reproduces the available official English wording for convenient reading. Check the current Georgian text and the exact article part before relying on it, because later amendments may not yet appear in translation.
Article 374Disclosure of investigative information+
Disclosure of materials related to operative-investigative activities or of investigative information by a person who has been duly warned that the disclosure of such information was prohibited, –
shall be punished by a fine or corrective labour for up to two years, or by imprisonment for up to one year.
The consolidated official source is listed in the source section at the end of this guide.
How the process may develop
Primary sources for this guide
Before acting, compare this guide with the current Georgian text and the exact document served in the case. The official English translation may not include the latest amendment.
Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia↗︎Official consolidated Criminal Code — current text & PDF↗︎Constitution of Georgia↗︎