Official Secrets Act, 1923
Bare Act · 1923
An Act to consolidate and amend the law 2 *** relating to official secrets. 3 * * * * *.
In the syllabus of: Andhra Pradesh APO
- Act number
- 19 of 1923
- Enacted
- 2 April 1923
- Contents
- 16 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and application
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Penalties for spying
- Section 4 – Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences
- Section 5 – Wrongful communication, etc., of information
- Section 6 – Unauthorised use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation, and falsedocuments (preview)
- Section 7 – Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union (preview)
- Section 8 – Duty of giving information as to commission of offences (preview)
- Section 9 – Attempts, incitements, etc (preview)
- Section 10 – Penalty for harbouring spies (preview)
- Section 11 – Search-warrants (preview)
- Section 12 – Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under sections 3, 5 and 7 (preview)
- Section 13 – Restriction of trial of offences (preview)
- Section 14 – Exclusion of public from proceedings (preview)
- Section 15 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 16 – Repealed (preview)