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THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., AUGUST 18, 2023
(2)
[PART I
It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 2, Act XIX of 1923.—In the Official
Secrets Act, 1923 (XIX of 1923), hereinafter referred to as the said Act, in
section 2,—
(a)
for clause (3), the following shall be substituted, namely:—
“(3)
(b)
after clause (3), amended as aforesaid, the following new clause
(3A) shall be inserted, namely:—
“(3A)
(c)
“intelligence agency” means, inter alia, the Directorate
General of Inter-Services Intelligence and Intelligence
Bureau;”;
for clause (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:—
“(5)
(d)
“document” includes any written, unwritten, virtual,
electronic, digital, or any other tangible or intangible
instrument, and includes part of such document, the plans,
measures, activities, contracts, agreements, memorandums,
etc. related to procurements of supplies of or sales of
munitions that relate to military capability and potential and
would be needed by the state in time of peace and war:”;
“Munitions of war” includes the whole or any part of any
ship, submarine, aircraft, tank, vehicles or similar engine,
arms and ammunition, torpedo, or mine intended or
adopted for use in war, and any other article, equipment,
material, device or capability, system or platform including
digital, physical, virtual, electronic, vehicular use by the
Armed Forces, whether actual or proposed, intended for
such use;”;
in clause (8),—
(i)
in sub-clause (a), after the expression “establishment”, the
expressions “office, or part of building”, and after the words
“in time of”, the words “peace and” shall be inserted
respectively;
(ii) in clause (c), after the words “ground that”, the words “any
access, intrusion, approach, attack or” shall be inserted;