Section 79
Unauthorized disclosure of information
(1)
Every person subject to service law under this Act who without authority discloses, whether orally, in writing, by signal or by any other means whatsoever, any information which is or purports to be information useful to an enemy shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2)
In this section the expression “information useful to an enemy”
means information which is or purports to be information as to any matter such that information as to it would or might be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions) as to any matter falling within the following paragraphs, being a matter such that information as to it would or might be useful as aforesaid, that is to say:
(a)
the number, description, armament, equipment, disposition, movement, preparation for movement or condition of any of the armed forces or of any forces co-operating therewith;
(b)
any operations, projected operations or preparation for operations of any such forces as aforesaid;
(c)
any cryptographic system, aid, process, procedure, publication or document of any such forces as aforesaid;
(d)
any parcels, call sign, password, watchword, countersign or identification signal;
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(e)
any measures for the defence or fortification of any place on behalf of His Majesty;
(f)
the number, description, location or movement of any prisoners of war;
(g)
munitions of war.