Section 3-906 - Divulging or failing to deliver private communications. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-906. Divulging or failing to deliver private communications.
 

(a)  Definitions.-  

(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(2) "Telegraph company" has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of the Public Utilities Article. 

(3) "Telegraph lines" has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of the Public Utilities Article. 

(4) "Telephone company" has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of the Public Utilities Article. 

(5) "Telephone lines" has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of the Public Utilities Article. 

(b)  Prohibited.- An employee or agent of a telegraph company or telephone company, or of a person operating telegraph lines or telephone lines for profit in the State, may not: 

(1) willfully divulge the contents or nature of the contents of a private communication that is entrusted to the person for transmission or delivery; or 

(2) willfully refuse or neglect to transmit or deliver a private communication. 

(c)  Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 556; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 213, § 6; 2010, ch. 52.]