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PART III
Communication of information to the prejudice of the safety or preservation of the State
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Acts contrary to safety or preservation of State.
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9.—(1) A person shall not, in any manner prejudicial to the safety or preservation of the State—
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(a) obtain, record, communicate to any other person or publish, or
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(b) have in his possession or under his control any document containing, or other record whatsoever of,
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information relating to—
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(i) the number, description, armament, equipment, disposition, movement or condition of any of the Defence Forces or of any of the vessels or aircraft belonging to the State,
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(ii) any operations or projected operations of any of the Defence Forces or of the Garda Síochána or of any of the vessels or aircraft belonging to the State,
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(iii) any measures for the defence or fortification of any place on behalf of the State,
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(iv) munitions of war, or
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(v) any other matter whatsoever information as to which would or might be prejudicial to the safety or preservation of the State.
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(2) Where a person is charged with a contravention of this section it shall be a good defence to prove that the act in respect of which he is charged was authorised by a Minister or by some person authorised in that behalf by a Minister or was done in the course of and in accordance with his duties as the holder of a public office.
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