(a) The Commissioner and each of the employees who work for the Commissioner shall be bound by their oath of office to keep secret all the facts and information obtained in the course of the examination, except insofar as public duty shall require a report to be made of the examination, and except when the Commissioner or any of the employees who work for the Commissioner, shall be called as a witness or witnesses in any criminal proceeding.

(b) Upon the request of any state bank or trust company which has made application for membership in the Federal Reserve Bank in the Federal Reserve District embracing the State, or which is a member of such Federal Reserve Bank, together with the request of the Federal Reserve Bank, the Commissioner shall furnish to the Federal Reserve Bank all the facts and information at any time in the Commissioner’s possession concerning the state bank or trust company.

(c) If the Commissioner or any of the employees who work for the Commissioner disclose anything relative to the private accounts or transactions of any institution examined, or disclose any facts and information discovered in the course of the examination, or retain in their private possession, or remove from the office of the Commissioner, copies of any letters, papers, accounts, books or records disclosing such facts and information, except as provided in § 124 of this title and this section, whether during their term of office or employment or thereafter, they shall be subject to forfeiture of their office or employment, and may be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

30 Del. Laws, c. 111, § ?11; 38 Del. Laws, c. 92, § ?1(7), (8), (9), (10); Code 1935, § ?2284; 5 Del. C. 1953, § ?125; 57 Del. Laws, c. 740, §§ ?16E, 16J; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;