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Official records release procedure
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To release official records without the prior permission of the Assembly Speaker, Executive Council and/or the Prime Minister is a criminal offense in Lazarus, as described in Section 3 of the Criminal Code Act (September 2018):

Section 3. Espionage

(1) Any person who knowingly communicates information contained in a restricted area of Lazarus, in part or in whole, to a person or entity which does not have access to that restricted area, shall be guilty of espionage.

(2) The individual or government body responsible for a restricted area may sanction the distribution of information to another person or entity. The Court may, during the course of a criminal review or legal question, sanction the distribution of information by majority vote. Sharing information whose release has been sanctioned shall not be considered espionage.

Obtaining permission is as simple as requesting it from the Assembly Speaker, who is the authority over what leaves the private areas of the Assembly.

The following are what would require prior permission unless already authorized such as for instance releasing the text of legislation passed by the Assembly:

• Votes may be released by the Assembly Speaker in accordance with Section 3 of the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) and the Assembly Procedure Act (August 2018).
• Legislation may be released by the Assembly Speaker in accordance with Section 3 of the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) and the Assembly Procedure Act (August 2018).
• Private assembly discussions may be released by the Assembly Speaker in accordance with Section 3 of the Criminal Code Act (September 2018) and the Assembly Procedure Act (August 2018).
• Private assembly discussions may also released by the Assembly Speaker, Executive Council, Prime Minister, or Forum Administration in accordance with Section 2 of the Assembly Procedure Act (August 2018).