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The Official Secrets Act, 1923
Act ID: 1923
The Official Secrets Act, 1923
"An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to official secrets."
Table of Contents
16 Sections
Ch. 1
Full Text
S.1
Short title, extent and application
S.2
Definitions
S.3
Penalties for spying
S.4
Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences
S.5
Wrongful communication, etc., of information
S.6
Unauthorised use of uniforms, falsification of reports, forgery, personation and false documents
S.7
Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union
S.8
Duty of giving information as to commission of offences
S.9
Attempts, incitements, etc
S.10
Penalty for harbouring spies
S.11
Search-warrants
S.12
Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under sections 3, 5 and 7
S.13
Restriction on trial of offences
S.14
Exclusion of public from proceedings
S.15
Offences by companies
S.16
Repeals