Lawgist26Telegraph officer or other official making away with or altering, or unlawfully intercepting or disclosing, messages, or divulging purport of signals
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 secretes 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 authorized 1[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 me ssage, 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.
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1. S u b s . b y t h e A . O . 1 9 3 7 , fo r " b y t h e G . O . i n C ."
- 20 Establishing, maintaining or working unauthorised telegraph. 20A. Breach of condition of license
- 21 Using unauthorised telegraphs
- 22 Opposing establishment of telegraphs on railway land
- 23 Intrusion into signal-room, trespass in telegraph office or obstruction
- 24 Unlawfully attempting to learn contents of messages
- 25 Intentionally damaging or tampering with telegraphs
- 25A Injury to or interference with a telegraph line or post
- 26 Telegraph officer or other official making away with or altering, or unlawfully intercepting or disclosing, messages, or divulging purport of signals
- 27 Telegraph officer fraudulently sending messages without payment
- 28 Misconduct
- 29 [Repealed.]
- 29A Penalty
- 30 Retaining a message delivered by mistake
- 31 Bribery
- 32 Attempts to commit offences
