Section List

Act Number: 19

Act Name: The Official Secrets Act, 1923

Year: 1923

Enactment Date: 1923-04-02

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to official secrets.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section NumberTitleActions
1Short title, extent and application.
2Definitions.
3Penalties for spying.
4 Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences.
5Wrongful communication, etc., of information.
6 Unauthorised use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation, and falsedocuments.
7 Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union.
8Duty of giving information as to commission of offences.
9Attempts, incitements, etc.
10Penalty for harbouring spies.
11Search-warrants.
12 Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under sections 3, 5 and 7.
13Restriction of trial of offences.
14Exclusion of public from proceedings.
15Offences by companies.
16Repealed..
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