Article 19. In case the members of the Statistics Committee, statistical officers, or other persons engaging in the business of the investigation of the designated statistics, or enumeraters, or the persons who were formally in the service of these kinds, should betray or steal the secret matter of the person, legal person or other organization found in the performance of their duty, they shall be subject to a penal servitude not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding five thousand yen.