Enforcement Rules of the Classified National Security Information Protection Act Article 8

The term "protected" referred to in Article 6 of this Act means when an employee of an agency that does not have original classification authority originates information believed to require classification, the information shall be protected in the manner prescribed by the provisions set forth in Articles 13 to 26 of this Act.If the agency which has appropriate subject matter interest and classification authority fails to decide within 30 days whether to classify that information, the protective measures shall be terminated and the information shall be handled as non-classified information.