Republic of Namibia
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Annotated Statutes
Protection of Information Act 84 of 1982 (RSA)
(d)
any reference to any offence or prosecution under any provision of this Act
includes a reference to an offence or a prosecution under the provisions of section
18 of the Riotous Assemblies Act, 1956 (Act No. 17 of 1956), read with the
relevant provisions of this Act.
Prohibition of certain acts in relation to prohibited places
2.
Any person who approaches, inspects, passes over, is in the neighbourhood of or
enters any prohibited place for any purpose prejudicial to the security or interests of the
Republic, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 20 years.
Prohibition of obtaining and disclosure of certain information
3.
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.
Prohibition of disclosure of certain information
4.
(1)
Any person who has in his possession or under his control or at his disposal -
(a)
any secret official code or password; or
(b)
any document, model, article or information (i)
which he knows or reasonably should know is kept, used, made or obtained
in a prohibited place or relates to a prohibited place, anything in a prohibited
place, armaments, the defence of the Republic, a military matter, a security
matter or the prevention or combating of terrorism;
(ii)
which has been made, obtained or received in contravention of this Act;