Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
- (b) knows that the information, document or article is or contains a state secret (other than a specified state secret); and
- (c) with intent to endanger national security, or being reckless as to whether national security would be endangered, and without lawful authority, discloses the information, document or article.
(6) A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 5 years if the person—
- (a) knowing that any information, document or other article is or contains a state secret; or
- (b) having reasonable grounds to believe any information, document or other article is or contains a state secret, and with intent to endanger national security,
and without lawful authority, discloses the information, document or article.
(7) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (6)(a) to prove that the disclosure of the information, document or article is a specified disclosure.
(8) A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years if the person, knowing that any information, document or other article is or contains a state secret, and—
- (a) with intent to endanger national security; or
- (b) being reckless as to whether national security would be endangered,
and without lawful authority, discloses the information, document or article.
(9) In this section, a reference to disclosing any information, document or other article does not include—
