- Official Secrets Act 1889
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The Official Secrets Act 1889[1] 
Parliament of the United KingdomLong title An Act to prevent the Disclosure of Official Documents and Information. Statute book chapter 52 & 53 Vict. c. 52 Dates Royal Assent 26 August 1889 Commencement 26 August 1889[2] Repeal date 22 August 1911[3] Other legislation Repealing legislation The Official Secrets Act 1911, section 13(2) Status: Repealed The Official Secrets Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It created offences of disclosure of information (section 1) and breach of official trust (section 2). It was replaced for the United Kingdom by the Official Secrets Act 1911.
Contents
Parliamentary debates
Bill 256
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1888/may/10/official-secrets-bill
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1888/jun/07/second-reading-1
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1888/aug/04/east-india-hyderabad-deccan-mining#S3V0329P0_18880804_HOC_24
Bill 97
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/feb/25/official-secrets-bill
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/mar/28/second-reading-1
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/apr/15/official-secrets-bill-no-47
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/apr/16/third-reading
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/apr/29/supply-civil-service-estimates#S3V0335P0_18890429_HOC_140
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/may/02/official-secrets-bill-no-97
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/may/23/official-secrets-bill-no-97
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/jun/17/official-secrets-bill-no-97
Bill 274
Bill 112
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1889/jun/21/official-secrets-bill
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1889/jul/11/official-secrets-bill-no-112
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1889/aug/06/committee-of-selection-for-standing
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1889/aug/12/official-secrets-bill-no-112
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1889/aug/15/official-secrets-bill-no-112
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1889/aug/16/official-secrets-bill-no-112
Bill 382
Bill 232
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/aug/22/order-of-business
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/aug/22/official-secrets-bill-no-882
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1889/aug/23/official-secrets-bill-no-232
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1889/aug/26/royal-assent
See also
References
- ^ This short title is given by section 10 of the Act.
- ^ This Act came into force on receiving royal assent because no other date was specified: Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
- ^ This Act was repealed on the date that the Official Secrets Act 1911 received royal assent because no other date was specified by that Act for its commencement: Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
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