Section 9: Restriction on disclosure of information relating to nuclear installation, etc.

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of the application of the Official Secrets Act, any person who, without the consent of the President communicates to any other person, except an authorised person, any document, drawing, photograph, plan, model or other information whatsoever which to his knowledge describes, represents or illustrates-
(a) any existing or proposed nuclear installation, operated or proposed to be operated by or on behalf of the Commission;
(b) the purpose or method of operation of any such existing or proposed nuclear installation;
(c) any process operated or proposed to be operated in any such existing or proposed nuclear installation,
is guilty of an offence under this Act and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.
(2) In this section, "authorised person" means, in relation to information on any subject to which this section applies, a person to whom by virtue of a general authority granted by the President information on that subject may be communicated.