Oklahoma § 21-1782 - Messages - Disclosing contents of

§ 21-1782. Messages - Disclosing contents of

Any person who shall disclose the contents of any telegraphic

dispatch or telephone message or communication, or any part thereof,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

addressed to or which he knows to be intended for another person

without the permission of such person, except upon the lawful order

of a court, or the judge thereof, with intent to cause injury,

damage or disgrace to such other person, or which does in fact cause

injury, damage or disgrace to such other person, shall be guilty of

a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a

fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than Five

Hundred Dollars($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not

less than thirty (30) days, nor more than one (1) year, or by both

such imprisonment and fine. Provided, that nothing herein shall

apply to public officers in the discharge of their duties.

R.L.1910, § 2787; Laws 1923, c. 46, p. 58, § 2.