Air Force Act 1955

60 Injurious disclosures

(1) Any person subject to air-force law 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 for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.

(2) In this section the expression " information useful to an enemy " means 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 of this subsection) information 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 or condition of any of Her Majesty's forces or of any forces co-operating therewith, or any of Her Majesty's ships or aircraft or of the ships or aircraft of any such co-operating force;

(b) any operations or projected operations of any of such forces, ships or aircraft as aforesaid ;

(c) any code, cipher, call sign, password or countersign ;

(d) any measures for the defence or fortification of any place on behalf of Her Majesty;

(e) the number, description or location of any prisoners of war;

(f) munitions of war.