Act Number: 13

Act Name: The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885

Year: 1885

Enactment Date: 1885-07-22

Long Title: An Act to amend the law relating to Telegraphs in India.

Ministry: Ministry of Communications

Department: Department of Telecommunications

Section 19B: Power to confer upon licensee powers of telegraph authority under this Part.
    2[19A. Person exercising legal right likely to damage telegraph or interfere with telegraphic communication to give notice.--The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, confer upon any licensee under section 4, in - respect of the extent of his license and subject to any conditions and restrictions which the 1[Central Government] may think fit to impose and to the provisions of this Part, all or airy of the powers which the telegraph authority possesses under this Part with regard to a telegraph established or maintained by the Government or to be so established or maintained:
     Provided that the notice prescribed in section 19A shall always be given to the telegraph authority or officer empowered to receive notice under section 19A (1).]
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Govt."
2. Ins. by Act 7 of 1914, s. 5.
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