"Section’31. Unlawfully obtaining or permi ttlng to b~ obtai’Hed information effect› ing National Defense.***; or (d) whoever,law› fully or unlawfu+ly having possess:ion of,: access to, contr.Ql over, or being intrusted .with any document, -writing, code book,: signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic nega› tive, plan, blueprint, map, model, ins~rumen~ a~pliance, or note relating to the National Defense, willfully communicates or transmits or attempts to communicate or transmit the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully re~ains r the same •and f~ils to deliver it. on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to re› ceive it, or (e) whoever, being intrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph,_ photographic nega› tive, blueprint, plan, _map, model, note, or information relating to the National Defense, through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted or destroyed, shall be punished by a fine of not more than . $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years or both." 

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