Treason (Amendment) Act 630

An Act to amend The Treason Act to close a potential ambiguity which would allow citizens to share classified information without committing the same crime as Agents of the Crown.

Authors: Lord Adorlin Miller, Count of Eastwood

Sponsors: Lord Robert M. Norman, Count of Rothchester

Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Nobles, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

I Provisions
(i)The title of Section V (5) of The Treason Act (herein: the Act) shall be changed to “Pertaining to Classified Information and its Security.”

(ii) The phrase “Agent of the Crown” shall be struck from all parts of Section V (5) of the Act and shall be replaced with “person,” where

(iii) “Person” shall be defined in the Act as any being capable of communicating information in any way.

II Intent
(i) The intent of this Act is to make certain that those who have access to classified information, through any means, shall face the same penalty as an Agent of the Crown should they share that information, and to make the provisions of Section V (5) of the Act applicable to everyone.

III Short Title and Commencement
(i) This Act shall be cited as the “Treason Amendment Act.”

(ii) The provisions of this Act shall come into force immediately.