THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT, 1923. ACT No. 19 OF 1923, 2nd April, 1923.
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to official secrets.
WHEREAS it is expedient that the law relating to official secrets should be consolidated and amended;
It is hereby enacted as follows:—
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| Sections | Particulars |
| 1 | Short title, extent and application |
| 2 | Definition |
| 3 | Penalties for spying |
| 4 | Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences |
| 5 | Wrongful communication, etc., of information |
| 6 | Unauthorized use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation, and false documents |
| 7 | Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of Union |
| 8 | Duty of giving information as to commission of offences |
| 9 | Attempts, incitements, etc. |
| 10 | Penalty for harboring spies |
| 11 | Search-warrants |
| 12 | Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under section 3, 5 and 7 |
| 13 | Restriction on trial of offences |
| 14 | Exclusion of public from proceedings |
| 15 | Offences by companies |