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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".

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.....

Bengal Ferries Act, 1885 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1885

.....other things that may be carried in each kind of boat at one trip; and may, from time to time, with such approval as aforesaid, repeal or alter such rules. Rules made under this section shall be subject to the control of the 99. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950, respectively. [State Government], and shall be published in the 1010. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. [Official Gazette] in such manner as the 99. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950, respectively. [State Government] directs, and shall thereupon have the force of law. Section 16 Private ferry not to ply within two miles of public ferry without sanction No person shall, except with the sanction of the Magistrate of the district, maintain a ferry to or from any point within a distance of two miles from the limits of a public ferry : Provided that, in the case of any specified public ferry, the 99. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order,.....

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.....

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

Title: Privileges and Powers of the Government

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....Central Government may, by the notification, think fit to impose.] ______________________ 1. Section 4 re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 7 of 1914, sec 4. 2. Substitute by Act 45 of 1948, Section 3 for "the Provinces". 3. Inserted by Act 7 of 1914 Section 4. 4. Inserted by 27 of 1930, Section 2. 5. Inserted by Act 8 of 2004, Section 3 (w.e.f. 1-4-2002). Section 5 - Power for Government to take possession of licensed telegraphs and to order interception of messages 1[5. Power for Government to take possession of licensed telegraphs and to order interception of messages (1) On the occurrence of any public emergency, or in the interest of the public safety, the Central Government or a State Government, or any officer specially authorised in this behalf by the Central Government or a State Government, may, if satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so to do, take temporary possession (for so long as the public emergency exists or the interest of the public safety requires the taking of such action) of any telegraph established, maintained or worked by any person licensed under this Act. (2) On the occurrence of any public.....

Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 4

Title: Exclusive Privilege in Respect of Telegraphs, and Power to Grant Licences

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....of section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997).] 3[(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, delegate to the telegraph authority all or any of its powers under the first proviso to sub-section (1). The exercise by the telegraph authority of any power so delegated shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Central Government may, by the notification, think fit to impose.] ______________________ 1. Section 4 re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 7 of 1914, sec 4. 2. Substitute by Act 45 of 1948, Section 3 for "the Provinces". 3. Inserted by Act 7 of 1914 Section 4. 4. Inserted by 27 of 1930, Section 2. 5. Inserted by Act 8 of 2004, Section 3 (w.e.f. 1-4-2002).

Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1885 Section 1

Title: Short Title, Commencement and Local Extent

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Orissa, but any State Government may, form time to time by notification in the Official Gazette bring this Act into force in the whole or any specified part of the territories to which this Act extends, under its administration.] ________________________ 1. Substituted for former sub-section (2) and (3) by 2 A.L.O. 1956. Prior to Substitution sub-section (2) and (3), stood as under: -- (2).It shall come into force at once. (3).It extends in the first instance to the [Substituted by the A.O. 1948, for the original words.] [State of [Substituted by the Andhra (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects Order, 1954 (w.e.f. Ist October, 1953).} [Madras, Andhra], West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Orissa]; but [Substituted by the A.O. 1950 for "any other P.G."] [ the Government of any other Part A State or of Part C State] may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend this Act to the whole or any specified part of the territories under its administration.

Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 7

Title: Power to Make Rules for the Conduct of Telegraphs

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....with this Act for the conduct of all or any telegraphs, established, maintained or worked by the Government or by persons licensed under this Act. (2) Rules under this section may provide for all or any of the following among other matters, that is to say:-- (a) the rates at which, and the other conditions and restrictions subject to which, messages shall be transmitted 1 [within India]; (b) the precautions to be taken for preventing the improper interception or disclosure of messages; (c) the period for which, and the conditions subject to which, telegrams and other documents belonging to, or being in the custody of, telegraph officers shall be preserved; (d) the fees to be charged for searching for telegrams or other documents in the custody of any telegraph officer; 2 [(e) the conditions and restrictions subject to which any telegraph line, appliance or apparatus for telegraphic communication shall be established, maintained, worked, repaired, transferred, shifted, withdrawn or disconnected;] 3 [(ee) the charges in respect of any application for providing any telegraph line, appliance or apparatus;] 4 [(eea) the manner in which the fund may be.....

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

Title: Power to Place Telegraph Lines and Posts

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....to all persons interested for any damage sustained by them by reason of the exercise of those powers. ____________________ 1. Inserted by Act 8 of 2004, Section 5 (w.e.f. 1-4-2002). Section 11 - Power to enter on property in order to repair or remove telegraph lines or posts The telegraph authority may, at any time, for the purpose of examining, repairing, altering or removing any telegraph line or post, enter on the property under, over, along, across, in or upon which the line or post has been placed. Section 12 TO 15 - Provisions applicable to property vested in or under the control or management of local authorities Section 12 - Power for local authority to give permission under section 10, clause (c), subject to conditions Any permission given by a local authority under section 10, clause (c) may be given subject to such reasonable conditions as that authority thinks fit to impose, as to the payment of any expenses to which the authority will necessarily be put in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by that section, or as to the time or mode of execution of any work, or as to any other thing connected with or relative to any work.....

Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 19B

Title: Power to Confer Upon Licensee Powers of Telegraph Authority Under This Part

State: Central

Year: 1885

The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, confer upon any licensee under section 4, in respect of the extent of his licnese and subject to any conditions and restrictions with the Central Government may think fit to impose and to the provisions of this Part, all or any of the powers which the telegraph authority possesses under this Part with regard to a telegraph established or maintained by the Government or to be so established or maintained: Provided that the notice prescribed in section 19A shall always be given to the telegraph authority or officer empowered to receive notice under section 19A(1).]