The following shall be deemed secrets of the State's defence: 1. Military, political, economic, industrial, scientific and security information related to social security or other information known only, due to their nature, to persons ex officio, and which the interest of the State requires that it remain secret to other than those persons. 2. Correspondence, papers, documents, drawings, maps, designs, photos, coordinates and other matters of which disclosure may lead to divulging information referred to in the preceding paragraph, and which the interest of the State requires that they remain secret to persons other than those who are assigned to preserve or use them. 3. News and information related to the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Interior and security agencies and their formations, movements, equipment, logistics, personnel and other things affecting military affairs and war and security plans, unless a written permission is issued by the competent authority to publish or broadcast the same. 4. News and information related to measures and procedures adopted to detect the crimes stipulated in this Chapter and arrest perpetrators, as well as the news and information related to the investigation and trial proceedings if the broadcasting thereof is prohibited by the investigation authority or the competent court.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.