Defense Secrets Protection Act

Japanese: 防衛秘密保護法 - ぼうえいひみつほごほう
Defense Secrets Protection Act

The official name of this law is the "Act on the Protection of Secrets Accompanying the Japan-U.S. Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement, etc.", Law No. 166 of 1954. The "defense secrets" previously protected by this law were changed to "special defense secrets" following a partial amendment to the Self-Defense Forces Law in 2001. "Special defense secrets" are secret information on the structure and performance of weapons, equipment, aircraft, etc. provided to Japan by the United States. As a penalty, it stipulates that "anyone who detects or collects special defense secrets with the intent of using them for purposes that are harmful to the security of our country or by unjust means" will be subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years (Article 3). In addition, the 2001 amendment to the Self-Defense Forces Law stipulates that, excluding "special defense secrets," the Director-General (Minister of Defense) will designate as "defense secrets" any important information that is "not publicly available" and that "particularly needs to be kept secret for the defense of our country," such as information regarding the operations, estimates, and plans of the Self-Defense Forces and radio wave information collected in relation to defense, and stipulates penalties of up to five years in prison for any person "whose job is to handle defense secrets" who leaks a "defense secret" that he or she learns in the course of that job.

[Jun Furukawa]

[Reference item] | Secrecy protection law

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

正式には「日米相互防衛援助協定等に伴う秘密保護法」。昭和29年法律第166号。本法律で従来保護されていた「防衛秘密」は2001年(平成13)の自衛隊法の一部改正に伴い「特別防衛秘密」に改められた。「特別防衛秘密」とは、アメリカ合衆国から日本に供与された兵器、装備品、航空機などの構造や性能等情報の秘密である。罰則として、「わが国の安全を害すべき用途に供する目的をもつて、又は不当な方法で、特別防衛秘密を探知し、又は収集した者」などに対して10年以下の懲役を科すとした(3条)。なお、自衛隊法の2001年改正法では、「特別防衛秘密」を除き、新たに自衛隊の運用、見積り、計画などや防衛に関し収集した電波情報などの重要情報で「公になつていないもの」のうち「我が国の防衛上特に秘匿することが必要であるもの」を長官(防衛大臣)が「防衛秘密」として指定するとし、「防衛秘密を取り扱うことを業務とする者」がその業務により知得した「防衛秘密」を漏らしたときは5年以下の懲役に処するなどの罰則を定めた。

[古川 純]

[参照項目] | 機密保護法

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