Act Number: 74

Act Name: The Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1950

Year: 1950

Enactment Date: 1950-12-28

Long Title: An Act to regulate the possession of telegraph wires and to provide for the punishment of the offence of unlawful possession thereof.

Ministry: Ministry of Communications

Department: Department of Telecommunications

Section 6A: Powers of search and seizure.
    1[6A. Powers of search and seizure.--(1) A police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector may seize, or search any place and seize,--
         (i) any telegraph wire;
         (ii) any conveyance or animal used for the transport of such telegraph wire,
if a reasonable suspicion exists that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, or is about to be, contravened in respect of such telegraph wire.
     (2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to searches and seizure shall, so far as may be, apply to searches and seizures made under this section.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by 44 of 1975, s. 4 (w.e.f. 7-8-1975).
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