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Home Bare Acts Phrase: telegraphIndian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Part III
Title: Power to Place Telegraph Lines and Posts
State: Central
Year: 1885
.....receiving notice under clause (a) may send a personto superintend the work, and the telegraph authority shall execute the work tothe reasonable satisfaction of the person so sent. Section 15 - Disputes between telegraph authority and local authority (1) If any dispute arises between the telegraph authority and a local authority in consequence of the local authority refusing the permission referred to in section 10, clause (c), or prescribing any condition under section 12, or in consequence of the telegraph authority omitting to comply with a requisition made under section 13, or otherwise in respect of the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act, it shall be determined by such officer as the1[Central Government] may appoint either generally or specially in this behalf. (2) An appeal from the determination of the officer so appointed shall lie to the1[Central Government]; and the order of the1[Central Government] shall be final. ____________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Government". Section 16 TO 17 - Provisions applicable to other property Section 16 - Exercise of powers conferred by section 10, and disputes as to compensation, in case.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian 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 -.....
List Judgments citing this sectionIndian 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.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 19A
Title: Person Exercising Legal Right Likely to Damage Telegraph or Interfere with Telegraphic Communication to Give Notice
State: Central
Year: 1885
.....dealing with any property in the manner referred to in sub-section (1) with the bona fide intention, of averting imminent danger of personal injury to himself or any other human being shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of the said sub-section if he gives such notice of the intended exercise of the right as is in the circumstances possible, or where no such previous notice can be given without incurring the imminent danger referred to above, if he forthwith gives notice of the actual exercise of such right to the authority or officer specified in the said sub-section. _____________________ 1. Sections 19A and 19B Inserted by Act 7 of 1914, Section 5.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 10
Title: Power for Telegraph Authority to Place and Maintain Telegrapli Lines and Posts
State: Central
Year: 1885
.....and (c) except as hereinafter provided, the telegraph authority shall not exercise those powers in respect of any property vested in or under the control or management of any local authority, without the permission of that authority; and (d) in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, the telegraph authority shall do as little damage as possible, and, when it has exercised those powers in respect of any property other than that referred to in clause (c), shall pay full compensation 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).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Amending Act 1
Title: Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 2003
State: Central
Year: 1885
.....services to people in the rural and remote areas at affordable and reasonable prices;'. 3. Amendment of section 4 In section 4 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), the following Explanation shall be inserted at the end, namely:-- "Explanation.--The payments made for the grant of a licence under this sub-section shall include such sum attributable to the Universal Service Obligation as may be determined by the Central Government after considering the recommendation made in this behalf by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997(24 of 1997).". 4. Amendment of section 7 In section 7 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after clause (ee), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- "(eea) the manner in which the Fund may be administered; (eeb) the criteria based on which sums may be released.". 5. Insertion of new Part IIA After Part II of the principal Act, the following Part shall be inserted, namely:-- "PART IIA UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION FUND 9A. Establishment of Universal Service Obligation Fund (1) On and from the commencement of.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Amending Act 2
Title: Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 2006
State: Central
Year: 1885
THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006 [Act No. 57 OF 2006] [29th December, 2006.] Preamble An Act further to amend the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 2006. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th day of October, 2006. 2. Amendment of section 3 In section 3 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in clause (1A), for the words "obligation to provide access to basic telegraph services", the words "obligation to provide access to telegraph services" shall be substituted. 3. Repeal and saving (1) The Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 (Ord. 3 of 2006) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006, (Ord. 3 of 2006) anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian 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).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 17
Title: Removal or Alteration of Telegraph Line or Post, on Property Other Than That of a Local Authority
State: Central
Year: 1885
.....10, clause (d), he shall, when making the requisition, tender to the telegraph authority the amount requisite to defray the expense of the removal or alteration, or half of the amount paid as compensation, whichever may be the smaller sum. (2) If the telegraph authority omits to comply with the requisition, the person making it may apply to the District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction the property is situate to order the removal or alteration. (3) A District Magistrate receiving an application under sub-section (2) may, in his discretion, reject the same or make an order, absolutely or subject to conditions, for the removal of the telegraph line or post to any other part of the property or to a higher or lower level or for the alteration of its form; and the order so made shall be final.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) Section 20
Title: Establishing, Maintaining or Working Unauthorised Telegraph
State: Central
Year: 1885
1[20. Establishing, maintaining or working unauthorised telegraph (1) If any person establishes, maintains or works a telegraph within2[India] in contravention of the provisions of section 4 or otherwise than as permitted by rules made under that section, he shall be punished, if the telegraph is a wireless telegraph, with imprisonment which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both, and, in any other case, with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), offences under this section in respect of a wireless telegraph shall, for the purposes of the said Code, be bailable and non-cognizable. (3) When any person is convicted of an offence punishable under this section, the court before which he is convicted may direct that the telegraph in respect of which the offence has been committed, or any part of such telegraph, be forfeited to Government.] _____________________ 1. Substituted by the Act 7 of 1914, Section 6, for the original section3. 2. Substituted by Act 45 of 1948, Section 3, for "the Provinces".
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