The court may not examine, without the consent of the supervisory public agency, a government employee or an ex-government employee on particulars which said person has come to know, when the officer or the public office asserts that the knowledge of the government employee or ex-government employee pertains to official confidential information; provided however, that the supervisory public agency may not refuse to give consent except where such examination may harm important national interests.
公務員又は公務員であつた者が知り得た事実について、本人又は当該公務所から職務上の秘密に関するものであることを申し立てたときは、当該監督官庁の承諾がなければ証人としてこれを尋問することはできない。但し、当該監督官庁は、国の重大な利益を害する場合を除いては、承諾を拒むことができない。
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