(c) divulges the purport of any telegraphic signal to any person not entitled to become acquainted with the same, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. 27. Telegraph officer fraudulently sending messages without payment.—If any telegraph officer transmits by telegraph any message on which the charge prescribed by the 1 [Central Government], or by a person licensed under this Act, as the case may be, has not been paid, intending thereby to defraud the 1[Central Government] or that person, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. 28. Misconduct.—If any telegraph officer, or any person not being a telegraph officer but having official duties connected with any office which is used as a telegraph office, is guilty of any act of drunkenness, carelessness or other misconduct whereby the correct transmission or the delivery of any message is impeded or delayed, or if any telegraph officer loiters or delays in the transmission or delivery of any message, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both. 29. [Sending fabricated message.] Rep. by the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 1971 (33 of 1971), s. 4. 2 [29A. Penalty.—If any person, without due authority,— (a) makes or issues any document of a nature reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the document has been issued by, or under the authority of, the Director General of 3[Posts and Telegraphs], or (b) makes on any document any mark in imitation of, or similar to, or purporting to be, any stamp or mark of any telegraph office under the Director -General of 2 [Posts and Telegraphs], or a mark of a nature reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the document so marked has been issued by, or under the authority of, the Director -General of 2 [Posts and Telegraphs], he shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.] 30. Retaining a message delivered by mistake.—If any person fraudulently retains, or wilfully secretes, makes away with or detains a message which ought to have been delivered to some other person, or, being required by a telegraph officer to deliver up any such message, neglects or refuses to do so, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. 31. Bribery.—A telegraph officer shall be deemed a public servant within the meaning of sections 161, 162, 163, 164 and 165 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860); and in the definition of “legal remuneration” contained in the said section 161, the word “Government” shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to include a person licensed under this Act. 32. Attempts to commit offences.—Whoever attempts to commit any offence punishable under this Act shall be punished with the punishment herein provided for the offence. PART V SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISION 33. Power to employ additional police in places where mischief to telegraphs is repeatedly committed.—(1) Whenever it appears to the State Government that any act causing or likely to cause wrongful damage to any telegraph is repeatedly and maliciously committed in any place, and that the employment of an additional police -force in that place is thereby rendered necessary, the State Government may send such additional police -force as it thinks fit to the place, and employ the same therein so long as, in the opinion of that Government, the necessity of doing so continues. 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “Govt.” 2. In s . b y A c t 7 o f 1 91 4, s . 9 . 3. Subs. by Act 14 of 1914, s. 2, for “Telegraphs”. 13