Official Secrets Act, 1923
Official Secrets Act, 1923
[Act No. 19 of 1923 dated 2nd. April, 1923]1
Contents | |
Sections | Particulars |
1 | Short title, extent and application |
2 | Definition |
3 | Penalties for spying |
4 | Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences |
5 | Wrongful communication, etc., of information |
6 | Unauthorized use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation, and false documents |
7 | Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of Union |
8 | Duty of giving information as to commission of offences |
9 | Attempts, incitements, etc. |
10 | Penalty for harboring spies |
11 | Search-warrants |
12 | Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under section 3, 5 and 7 |
13 | Restriction on trial of offences |
14 | Exclusion of public from proceedings |
15 | Offences by companies |
| Foot Notes |
Official Secrets Act, 1923
[Act No. 19 of 1923, enacted on 2nd April 1923]
This law is primarily aimed at protecting the country’s official secrets, especially…