Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Protection of Information Act, 1982 (Act No. 84 of 1982)3. Prohibition of obtaining and disclosure of certain information |
Any person who, for purposes of the disclosure thereof to any foreign State or to any agent, or to any employee or inhabitant of, or any organization, party, institution, body or movement in, any foreign State, or to any hostile organization or to any office-bearer, officer, member or active supporter of any hostile organization—
| (a) | obtains or receives any secret official code or password or any document, model, article or information used, kept, made or obtained in any prohibited place; or |
| (b) | prepares, compiles, makes, obtains or receives any document, model, article or information relating to— |
| (i) | any prohibited place or anything in any prohibited place, or to armaments; or |
| (ii) | the defence of the Republic, any military matter, any security matter or the prevention or combating of terrorism; or |
| (iii) | any other matter or article, and which he knows or reasonably should know may directly or indirectly be of use to any foreign State or any hostile organization and which, for considerations of the security or the other interests of the Republic, should not be disclosed to any foreign State or to any hostile organization, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to the penalty prescribed in section 2.
