# Official Secrets Act 1911 (repealed) 1 & 2 Geo. 5 c. 28 · enacted 22 August 1911 · revised to 20 December 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/official-secrets-act-1911-repealed/pdf/ukpga_19110028_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Penalties for spying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definition of prohibited place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Power to arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Penalty for harbouring spies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Restriction on prosecution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Search Warrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Extent of Act and place of trial of offence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Saving for laws of British possessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 †Short title and repeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/1-2/28 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-secrets-act-1911-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.