Duty of authorities to protect secrets

The competent authorities are obliged to protect the trade secrets that they receive from persons or institutions for purposes such as testing or granting a license; otherwise, those authorities and the agent of disclosure shall, in accordance with the rules of liability (zaman), as the case may be, be obliged to compensate the damage. This rule does not bar the imposition of punishment on the agent of disclosure.

Note — In cases where the subject of the court proceedings is a trade secret, or where one of the parties, in order to defend or prove their claim, is compelled to present trade secrets, the court shall be held in camera (closed session).