Overview
- Decreto Legislativo No. 1739 adds Article 409‑C to the Penal Code and took effect immediately after its extraordinary publication in El Peruano, endorsed by the premier and the interior and justice ministers.
- The offense covers unauthorized disclosure by public officials of reserved information tied to investigations of extortion, kidnapping and contract killings, including complaints, protected identities and unexecuted police or prosecutorial actions.
- Standard penalties range from five to seven years in prison, with disqualification from public service and fines.
- Aggravating factors lift sentences to seven to ten years for frustrating reserved operations, endangering protected complainants, commercializing the data, transferring it to criminal organizations or revealing information formally declared secret.
- The government says implementation will use existing institutional budgets, with the measure presented as part of a broader security package issued under delegated legislative powers.