Section 12
Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under sections 3, 5 and 7.
The Official Secrets Act, 1923
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to official secrets.
1[12. Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under sections 3, 5 and 7.—The provisions of section 337 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18982
shall apply in relation to an
offence punishable under section 3 or under section 5 or under section 7 or under any of the
said sections 3, 5 and 7 read with section 9, as they apply in relation to an offence punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years.]
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 10, ibid., for section 12.
2. See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 306.
2. See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 306.