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THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., AUGUST 18, 2023
[PART I
suspected of having, either within or without Pakistan, committed,
or attempted to commit, such an act in the interests of or an enemy;
(c)
any address, whether within or without Pakistan, in respect of
which it appears that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting it
of being an address used for the receipt of communications
intended for an enemy or a foreign agent; or any address at which
an enemy or a foreign agent resides, or to which he resorts for the
purpose of giving or receiving communications, or at which he
carries on any business, may be presumed to be the address of an
enemy or a foreign agent, and communications addressed to such
an address to be communications with an enemy or a foreign
agent.”.
6. Amendment of section 5, XIX of 1923.—In the said Act, in
section 5, in sub-section (1),—
(a)
after the words “prohibited place”, the words “or relates to the
activities of Armed Forces during peace and war” shall be inserted;
(b)
after the words “has obtained”, the words “or retained” shall be
inserted; and
(c)
in clause (b) for the words “foreign power” the word “enemy” shall
be substituted.
7. Insertion of section 6A, Act XIX of 1923.—In the said Act, after
section 6, the following new section 6A, shall be inserted, namely:—
“6A. Unauthorized disclosure of identities, etc.—(1) A person
shall commit an offence who intentionally acting in any manner
prejudicial to public order, safety, interests or defence of Pakistan, or any
part thereof, discloses in such a manner that exposes the identity of such
undisclosed persons in any manners the identity of the members of the
intelligence agencies, or the informants or sources thereof.
(2) Whoever commits an offence under sub-section (1) shall be
liable to punishment of imprisonment for a term which may extend to
three years, or with fine which may extend to one million rupees, or with
both.
(3) Any person who abets, incites, conspires or attempts to
commit the offence under sub-section (1) shall be liable to the same
punishment provided for under sub-section (2).”.