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Official Secrets Act 1920

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448:(1) Where a chief officer of police is satisfied that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under section one of the principal Act has been committed and for believing that any person is able to furnish information as to the offence or suspected offence, he may apply to a Secretary of State for permission to exercise the powers conferred by this subsection and, if such permission is granted, he may authorise a superintendent of police, or any police officer not below the rank of inspector, to require the person believed to be able to furnish information to give any information in his power relating to the offence or suspected offence, and, if so required and on tender of his reasonable expenses, to attend at such reasonable time and place as may be specified by the superintendent or other officer; and if a person required in pursuance of such an authorisation to give information, or to attend as aforesaid, fails to comply with any such requirement or knowingly gives false information, he shall be guilty of a 34: 215:(e) uses, or has in his possession or under his control, without the authority of the Government Department or the authority concerned, any die, seal, or stamp of or belonging to, or used, made or provided by any Government Department, or by any diplomatic, naval, military, or air-force authority appointed by or acting under the authority of His Majesty, or any die, seal or stamp so nearly resembling any such die, seal or stamp as to be calculated to deceive, or counterfeits any such die, seal or stamp, or uses, or has in his possession, or under his control, any such counterfeited die, seal or stamp; 233:(b) allows any other person to have possession of any official document issued for his use alone, or communicates any secret official code word or pass word so issued, or, without lawful authority or excuse, has in his possession any official document or secret official code word or pass word issued for the use of some person other than himself, or on obtaining possession of any official document by finding or otherwise, neglects or fails to restore it to the person or authority by whom or for whose use it was issued, or to a police constable; or 212:(d) personates, or falsely represents himself to be a person holding, or in the employment of a person holding, office under His Majesty, or to be or not to be a person to whom an official document or secret official code word or pass word has been duly issued or communicated, or with intent to obtain an official document, secret official code word or pass word, whether for himself or any other person, knowingly makes any false statement; or 455:(2) Where a chief officer of police has reasonable grounds to believe that the case is one of great emergency and that in the interest of the State immediate action is necessary, he may exercise the powers conferred by the last foregoing subsection without applying for or being granted the permission of a Secretary of State, but if he does so shall forthwith report the circumstances to the Secretary of State. 230:(a) retains for any purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State any official document, whether or not completed or issued for use, when he has no right to retain it, or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it, or fails to comply with any directions issued by any Government Department or any person authorised by such department with regard to the return or disposal thereof; or 199:(1) If any person for the purpose of gaining admission, or of assisting any other person to gain admission, to a prohibited place, within the meaning of the Official Secrets Act 1911 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), or for any other purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State within the meaning of the said Act – 209:(c) tampers with any passport or any naval, military, air-force, police, or official pass, permit, certificate, licence, or other document of a similar character (hereinafter in this section referred to as an official document), or has in his possession any forged, altered, or irregular official document; or. 458:(3) References in this section to a chief officer of police shall be construed as including references to any officer of police expressly authorised by a chief officer of police to act on his behalf for the purposes of this section when by reason of illness, absence, or other cause he is unable to do so. 583:
Any person who is guilty of a misdemeanour under the principal Act or this Act shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment, ... for a term not exceeding two years, or, on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to imprisonment, . . . for a term not exceeding three months or to
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No person in the vicinity of any prohibited place shall obstruct, knowingly mislead or otherwise interfere with or impede, the chief officer or a superintendent or other officer of police, or any member of His Majesty’s forces engaged on guard, sentry, patrol, or other similar duty in relation to the
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In any proceedings against a person for an offence under section one of the principal Act, the fact that he has been in communication with, or attempted to communicate with, a foreign agent, whether within or without the United Kingdom, shall be evidence that he has, for a purpose prejudicial to the
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and does any act preparatory to the commission of an offence under the principal Act or this Act, shall be guilty of a felony or a misdemeanour or a summary offence according as the offence in question is a felony, a misdemeanour or a summary offence, and on conviction shall be liable to the same
203:(a) uses or wears, without lawful authority, any naval, military, air-force, police, or other official uniform, or any uniform so nearly resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive, or falsely represents himself to be a person who is or has been entitled to use or wear any such uniform; or 3165: 495:
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding the
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A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding the
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A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding the
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a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or both such imprisonment and fine: Provided that no misdemeanour under the principal Act or this Act shall be dealt with summarily except with the consent of the Attorney General.
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safety or interests of the State, obtained or attempted to obtain information which is calculated to be or might be or is intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy.
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Doing an act preparatory to the commission of a crime is not necessarily a crime in any part of the United Kingdom. This offence is an exception.
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prohibited place, and, if any person acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, this provision, he shall be guilty of a
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The word "and" in this expression must be read as "or". This is necessary in order to make intelligible sense of the section.
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The reference to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds must be construed as a reference to a fine not exceeding the
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Section 1 – Unauthorised use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation, and false documents
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The words in square brackets in section 1(1)(c) were repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by
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punishment, and to be proceeded against in the same manner, as if he had committed the offence.
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Section 2 – Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences
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This section creates a rule of evidence in prosecutions under section 1 of the 1911 Act.
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References to a chief officer of police, a Secretary of State and the rank of inspector
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Section 3 – Interfering with officers of the police or members of His Majesty’s forces
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In the Republic of Ireland, the Act was repealed by the Official Secrets Act, 1963.
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This section provides the penalties for the offences under this Act and under the
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to commit any offence under the principal Act or this Act, or solicits or
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The definition is applicable by virtue of section 11(1) of this Act
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or endeavours to persuade another person to commit an offence, or
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The Official Secrets Acts, 1911 and 1920, are hereby repealed.
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Section 8 – Provisions as to trial and punishment of offences
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This Act came into force on the date on which it received
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was given to this Act by section 11(1) of this Act.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
10 & 11 Geo. 5
Royal assent
Commencement
Official Secrets Act 1911
Official Secrets Act 1989
Repealed by
National Security Act 2023
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
10 & 11 Geo. 5
Act
Parliament of the United Kingdom
National Security Act 2023
misdemeanour



section 30
Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
Criminal Law Act 1967
Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967
prescribed sum
Cr App R
CCA
Official Secrets Act 1911
misdemeanour
Official Secrets Act 1911

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