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In this article the authors: — clarify the concept of the profession of public trust; — clarify the concept of professional secrecy; — underline the special status of a court bailiff (court bailiff as a public official); — clarify professional secrecy of court bailiff (range of subjective and objective), arising from Article 20 of the Act of 29 August 1997 — on court bailiffs and enforcement procedure. Pursuant to that provision: “Paragraph 1. A bailiff is obliged to keep confidential the circumstances of a case that were acquired due to performed actions. Paragraph 2. The duty referred a paragraph 1 continues after the cancellation of a bailiff. Paragraph 3. The duty of professional secrecy ceases when a bailiff testifies as a witness or a party before the court or prosecutor, unless the disclosure of professional secrecy jeopardizes the good of the state. In those cases a bailiff may be relieved of the duty of confidentiality by the Minister of Justice.”