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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Official Secrets Act, 1923 Section 10

Penalty for Harbouring Spies

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/41772

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Official Secrets Act, 1923 Section 10 is part of Official Secrets Act, 1923 - Penalty for Harbouring Spies. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) If any person knowingly harbours any person whom he knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing to be a person who is about to commit or who has committed an offence under section 3 or under section 3 read with section 9 knowingly permits to meet or assemble in any premises in his occupation or under his control any such persons, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section.

(2) It shall be the duty of every person having harboured any suchperson as aforesaid, orpermitted to meet or assemble in any premises in his occupation or under his control any such persons as aforesaid, to give on demand to a Superintendent of Police or other police officer not below the rank of Inspector empowered by an Inspector-General or Commissioner of Police in this behalf, any information in his power relating to any such person or persons, and if any person fails to give any such information, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 1 [three years,] or with fine, or with both.

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1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1967, section. 9, for "one year".

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What does Official Secrets Act, 1923 Section 10 provide?

Section Section 10 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 (Penalty for Harbouring Spies) is reproduced on this page as part of the Official Secrets Act, 1923. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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