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The Official Secrets Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to official secrets.
1923
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. All sections

  2. 1
     Short title, extent and application
  3. 2
     Definitions
  4. 3
     Penalties for spying
  5. 4
     Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences
  6. 5
     Wrongful communication, etc., of information
  7. 6
     Unauthorised use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation, and falsedocuments
  8. 7
     Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union
  9. 8
     Duty of giving information as to commission of offences
  10. 9
     Attempts, incitements, etc
  11. 10
     Penalty for harbouring spies
  12. 11
     Search-warrants
  13. 12
     Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under sections 3, 5 and 7
  14. 13
     Restriction of trial of offences
  15. 14
     Exclusion of public from proceedings
  16. 15
     Offences by companies
  17. 16
     Repealed.