LawgistThe Official Secrets Act
9Attempts, incitements, etc
Any person who attempts to commit or abets the commission of an offence under this Act shall be punishable with the same punishment, and be liable to be proceeded against in the same manner as if he had committed such offence.
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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- 16 Repealed.
