OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 1911 - SECT 12 Interpretation.

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OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 1911 - SECT 12

Interpretation.

12. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

Any reference to a place belonging to His Majesty includes a place belonging
to any department of the Government of the United Kingdom ... whether the
place is or is not actually vested in His Majesty;

The expression "Attorney-General" ... as respects Ireland, means the Attorney
... General for Ireland ...;

Expressions referring to communicating or receiving include any communicating
or receiving, whether in whole or in part, and whether the sketch, plan,
model, article, note, document, or information itself or the substance,
effect, or description thereof only be communicated or received; expressions
referring to obtaining or retaining any sketch, plan, model, article, note, or
document, include the copying or causing to be copied the whole or any part of
any sketch, plan, model, article, note, or document; and expressions referring
to the communication of any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document
include the transfer or transmission of the sketch, plan, model, article, note
or document;

The expression "document" includes part of a document;

The expression "model" includes design, pattern, and specimen;

The expression "sketch" includes any photograph or other mode of representing
any place or thing;

[The expression "munitions of war" includes the whole or any part of any ship,
submarine, aircraft, tank or similar engine, arms and ammunition, torpedo, or
mine, intended or adapted for use in war, and any other article, material, or
device, whether actual or proposed, intended for such use;]

The expression "superintendent of police" includes any police officer of a
like or superior rank [and any person upon whom the powers of a
superintendent of police are for the purposes of this Act conferred by a
Secretary of State];

The expression "office under His Majesty" includes any office or employment in
or under any department of the Government of the United Kingdom, or of any
British possession;

The expression "offence under this Act" includes any act, omission, or other
thing which is punishable under this Act.

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OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 1911 - SECT 12