Section 3: Application of Official Secrets Acts to Protectorate.

--- CHAPTER 170. OFFICIAL SECRETS. 4 of 1941. An Ordinance to Provide for the Application of the Official Secrets Acts, 1911 and 1920, to Persons other than British Officers and Subjects. [29TH MAY, 1941.] Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Official Secrets Ordinance, and shall apply to the Protectorate. Interpreta- tion. 2. In this Ordinance— "The Official Secrets Acts" means the Acts of the Imperial Parliament entitled the Official Secrets Acts, 1911 and 1920, and any Act which may hereafter be enacted to amend any such Acts. Application of Official Secrets Acts to Protectorate. 3. The provisions of the Official Secrets Acts which apply to acts which are offences under those Acts when committed in any part of Her Majesty's dominions, or when committed by British Officers or subjects elsewhere, shall apply to such acts when committed in the Protectorate by persons who are not British Officers or subjects as if those provisions were set out herein.