TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1923

Official Secrets Act, 1923 Section 1

Short Title, Extent and Application

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1[1. Short title, extent and application

(1) This Act may be called the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

(2) It extends to the whole of India and applies also to servants of the Government and to citizens of India outside India.]

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1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1967, section 2, for the former section.