Official Secrets Act, 1923. He was charged under the OSA, with a case under the Obscenity Act added to it. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. No versions before this date are available. They are therefore not accessible when viewing legislation as at a specific point in time. A Delhi court in a 2009 judgement, in a case involving the publication of excerpts of a cabinet note in the Financial Express ten years earlier by Santanu Saikia, greatly reduced the powers of the act by ruling publication of a document merely labelled "secret" shall not render the journalist liable under the law.On 13 January 2004, the government withdrew its case against him to prevent having two of its ministries having to give contradictory opinions. 2. Most notably, section 2 of the act, which was described as a “catch-all” section and much criticised, was repealed and replaced by the Official Secrets Act 1989. This date is our basedate. However, parts of the Official Secrets Act 1911 remain in force. This Act may be cited as the Official Secrets Act. 2. 11 of 1968, Act No.
Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act, 1911, as amended by the Official Secrets Act, 1920 provides as follows:- "1. An Act to consolidate and amend the law 2* * * relating to official secrets. Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at onceChanges and effects yet to be applied by the editorial team are only applicable when viewing the latest version or prospective version of legislation. Gilani was released the same month.Under the Act, search warrants may be issued at any time if the magistrate determines that based on the evidence there is enough danger to the security of the state.In June 2002, journalist Iftikhar Gilani was, arrested for violating the OSA 1923. Section 1 was concerned with espionage and the notion of unlawful disclosure of information; Section 2 with the concept of breach of official trust. The first military report suggested that the information he was accused of holding was "secret" despite being publicly available.
Definitions. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). The Official Secrets Act 1923 is India's anti-espionage act held over from the British colonial period. 19 OF 1923 1* 3* * * * * [2nd April, 1923.]
An Act of Parliament to provide for the preservation of State secrets and State security [Act No. The second military intelligence report contradicted this, stating that there was no "official secret". There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. It also states that one cannot approach, inspect, or even pass over a prohibited government site or area like an electrical substation. PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. To view the ‘Changes to Legislation’ information for this provision return to the latest version view using the options provided in the ‘What Version’ box above.Point in time view as at 01/04/2018.Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Official Secrets Act 1989, Section 10 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 28 July 2020.
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[Date of commencement: 16th February, 1968.] The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. Short title This Act may be cited as the Official Secrets Act. As introduced, the Bill included no public interest defence. OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT [Date of assent: 6th February, 1968.] Even after this, the government denied the opinion of the military and was on the verge of challenging it when the contradictions were exposed in the press. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include: According to this Act, helping the enemy state can be in the form of communicating a sketch, plan, model of an official secret, or of official codes or pa