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The Official Secrets Act (Canada) 1939 replaced the Criminal Code provisions and utilised the provisions of the British Official Secrets Acts 1911 and 1920. Amendments were made in 1950, 1967, 1970 and 1973. The Official Secrets Act (Canada) 1981 was the final version of that law adopted by the House of Commons.
The Official Secrets Act 1989 (c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repeals and replaces section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911, thereby removing the public interest defence created by that section.
The Official Secrets Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5.c. 28) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It replaced the Official Secrets Act 1889. [3]The Act was introduced in response to public alarm at reports of wide-scale espionage, some of them fomented by popular novels and plays that dramatized the threat, supposedly from Germany, at a time of a rapid naval expansion.
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The Security of Information Act (French: Loi sur la protection de l’information, R.S.C. 1985, c. O-5), [1] formerly known as the Official Secrets Act, is an Act of the Parliament of Canada that addresses national security concerns, including threats of espionage by foreign powers and terrorist groups, and the intimidation or coercion of ethnocultural communities in and against Canada.
Classified information has been governed by various Official Secrets Acts, the latest being the Official Secrets Act 1989.Until 1989 requested information was routinely kept secret invoking the public interest defence; this was largely removed by the 1989 Act.
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The Official Secrets Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 75) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Act 1975 (c. 21). "The Summary Jurisdiction Acts" ...