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1983
There have been two completed cases where an offence under section 1 has been charged since 9 February 1983.
In one case an employee of the security service passed information to a foreign power. He was tried at the Central Criminal Court, convicted, and sentenced to 23 years imprisonment.
A service man stationed in Cyprus was charged under section 1 of the 1911 Act with allegedly communicating a confidential signal to an unauthorised person. He pleaded not guilty, was tried at the Central Criminal Court, and acquitted.
Eight service men stationed in Cyprus are at present charged with offences under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911. The trial is to be held at the Central Criminal Court later this year.