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Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 26

Title: Telegraph Officer or Other Official Making Away with or Altering, or Unlawfully Intercepting or Disclosing, Messages, or Divulging Purport of Signals

State: Central

Year: 1885

If any telegraph officer, or any person, not being a telegraph officer but having official duties connected with any office which is used as a telegraph office,-- (a) wilfully secrets, makes away with or alters any message which he has received for transmission or delivery, or (b) wilfully, and otherwise than in obedience to an order of the Central Government or of a State Government, or of an officer specially authorised1[by the Central or a State Government] to make the order, omits to transmit or intercepts or detains, any message or any part thereof, or otherwise than in pursuance of his official duty or in obedience to the direction of a competent court, discloses the contents or any part of the contents of any message, to any person not entitled to receive the same, or (c) divulges the purport of any telegraphic signal to any person not entitled to become acquainted with the same, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine, or with both. _____________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "by the Governor-General in Council".

Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Part IV

Title: Penalties

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....to five hundred rupees for every week during which the breach of the condition continues.] _____________________ 1. Inserted by Act 7 of 1914, Section 7. Section 21 - Using unauthorised telegraphs If any person, knowing or having reason to believe that a telegraph has been established or is maintained or worked; in contravention of this Act, transmits or receives any message by such telegraph, or performs any service incidental thereto, or delivers any message for transmission by such telegraph or accepts delivery of any message sent thereby, he shairbe punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees. Section 22 - Opposing establishment of telegraphs on railway land If a Railway Company, or an officer of a Railway Company, neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of section 6, it or he shall be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day during which the neglect or refusal continues. Section 23 - Intrusion into signal-room, trespass in telegraph office or obstruction If any person-- (a) without permission of competent authority, enters the signal-room of a telegraph office of the Government, or of a person licensed.....

Telegraph Act, 1885 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....to amend th law relating to telegraphs in India; It is hereby enacted as follows :- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, LOCAL EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India2[* * *].] (3) It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1885. SECTION 02: REPEAL AND SAVINGS [Rep. by the Repeating Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). Sec. 2 and Sch.] SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS -In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,- 3[(1) "telegraph" means any appliance, instrument, material or apparatus used or capable of use for transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, visual or other electro-magnetic emissions. Radio waves or Hertzian waves, galvanic, electric or magnetic means; Explanation.- "Radio waves" or Hertzian waves" means electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3,000 giga-cycles per sound propagated in space without artificial guide.] (2) "telegraph officer" means any person employed either permanently or temporarily in connection with a telegraph established, maintained or worded by4[the Central Government] or by a.....

Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Complete Act

Title: Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885)

State: Central

Year: 1885

..... Section18 - Removal of trees interrupting telegraphic communication Section19 - Telegraph lines and posts placed before the passing of this Act Section19A - Person exercising legal right likely to damage telegraph or interfere with telegraphic communication to give notice Section19B - Power to confer upon licensee powers of telegraph authority under this Part Part IV Section20 - Establishing, maintaining or working unauthorised telegraph Section20A - Breach of condition of license Section21 - Using unauthorised telegraphs Section22 - Opposing establishment of telegraphs on railway land Section23 - Intrusion into signal-room, trespass in telegraph office or obstruction Section24 - Unlawfully attempting to learn contents of messages Section25 - Intentionally damaging or tampering with telegraphs Section25A - Injury to or interference with a telegraph line or post Section26 - Telegraph officer or other official making away with or altering, or unlawfully intercepting or disclosing, messages, or divulging purport of signals Section27 - Telegraph officer fraudulently sending messages without payment Section28 - Misconduct Section29 - Omitted Section29A -.....