LawgistThe Official Secrets Act
7Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union
(1) No person in the vicinity of any prohibited place shall obstruct, knowingly mislead or otherwise interfere with or impede, any police officer, or any member of 1 [the Armed Forces of the Union] engaged on guard, Sentry, patrol, or other similar duty in relation to the prohibited place.
(2) If any person acts in contravention of the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to 2 [three years], or with fine, or with both.
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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "His Majesty's Forces".
2. Subs. by Act 24 of 1967, s. 7, for "two years".
All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and application
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Penalties for spying
- 4 Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences
- 5 Wrongful communication, etc., of information
- 6 Unauthorised use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation, and falsedocuments
- 7 Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union
- 8 Duty of giving information as to commission of offences
- 9 Attempts, incitements, etc
- 10 Penalty for harbouring spies
- 11 Search-warrants
- 12 Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under sections 3, 5 and 7
- 13 Restriction of trial of offences
- 14 Exclusion of public from proceedings
- 15 Offences by companies
- 16 Repealed.
