Every officer shall, on appointment, be required to sign the following Declaration of Secrecy before the Head of Department or the senior officer of his Department in the station to which he is appointed. The declaration will be printed in English, Bahasa Melayu, Than and Chinese and an officer shall sign the version he considered appropriate.
DECLARATION OF SECRECY
I, THE UNDERSIGNED, having been appointed as an officer in the employ of the Sarawak Government, do hereby pledge myself, on my honour, to observe a strict secrecy respecting all matters of a confidential nature which may come to my know-ledge in the discharge of my official duties.
AND I FURTHER PLEDGE MYSELF, on my honour, not to reveal to anyone, contrary to my duty, any matters which may come to my knowledge in the discharge of my official duties and also not to supply to anyone any information respecting any such matters, except as and when required so to do by law, or by the regulations of the service, or by my superior officers, or except as my official duty shall otherwise require.
Heads of Departments are responsible for ensuring that officers serving under them sign the above declaration. One copy of such declaration shall be forwarded to the State Secretary, in the case of officers whose approval of appointment is conveyed by the State Secretary. In the case of other officers, a declaration will be retained by the Head of Department concerned.