(5) In this section "official authorisation" and "official restriction" mean, subject to subsection (6) below, an authorisation or restriction duly given or imposed by a Crown servant or government contractor or by or on behalf of a prescribed bedy or
body of a prescribed class.
(6) In relation to section 6 above "official' authorisation"
includes an authorisation duly given by or on behalf of the
territory, State or organisation concerned or, in the case of an
organisation, a member of it.
8.
Safeguarding of information
(1) Where a Crown servant or government contractor, by virtue
of his position as such, has in his possession or under his control
any document or other article which it would be an offence under any
of the foregoing provisions of this Act for him to disclose without
lawful authority, he is guilty of an offence if -
(a) being a Crown servant, he retains the document or
article contrary to his official duty; or
(b)
being a government contractor, he fails to comply
with an official direction or the return or disposal
of the document or article,
or if he fails to take such care to prevent the unauthorised
disclosure of the document or article as a person in his position
may reasonably be expected to take.
an
(2) It is a defence for a Crown servant charged with
offence under subsection (1)(a) above to prove that at the time of
the alleged offence he believed that he was acting in accordance
with his official duty and had no reasonable cause to bel eve
otherwise.