Article 400 — Authorized Disclosure.

(1) Any disclosure shall not be punishable: (a) where it is made with the express consent of the person interested in keeping the secret; (b) where, at the suggestion or request of the possessor of the secret, the competent higher professional or supervisory body has given its written permission for disclosure; (c) where it is made following an express decision of a Court of justice in a specific case; or (d) where special provisions of the law permit or impose the duty, in the interests of public order, to give evidence before a Court of justice or to inform a public authority. (2) Where disclosure is expressly ordered by law, by a Court of justice or by the competent authority, the possessor of the secret cannot invoke his professional obligation to maintain secrecy. The secrecy of religious confession is at all times inviolable.