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Official Secrets Act, 1923 (Act No. XIX of 1923).
provided by, any department of the Government, or by any diplomatic,
naval, military or air force authority appointed by or acting under the
authority of Government, or any die, seal or stamp so nearly
resembling any such die, seal or stamp as to be calculated to deceive,
or counterfeits any such die, seal or stamp, or knowingly uses, or has
in his possession or under his control, any such counterfeited die, seal
or stamp,
he shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(2) If any person for any purpose prejudicial to the safety of the
State
(a) retains any official document, whether or not completed or issued
for use, when he has not right to retain it, or when it is contrary to
his duty to retain it, or wilfully fails to comply with any directions
issued by any department of the Government or any person authorised
by such department with regard to the return or disposal thereof; or
(b) allows any other person to have possession of any official document
issued for his use alone, or communicates any secret official code or
pass word so issued, or, without lawful authority or excuse, has in his
possession any official document or secret official code or pass word
issued for the use of some person other than himself, or, on obtaining
possession of any official document by finding or otherwise, willfully
fails to restore it to the person or authority by whom or for whose use
it was issued, or to a police officer; or
(c) without lawful authority or excuse, manufactures or sells, or has in
his possession for sale, any such die, seal or stamp as aforesaid;
he shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with
fine, or with both.
(4) The provisions of subsection (2) of section 3 shall apply, for the
purpose of proving a purpose prejudicial to the safety of the State, to
any prosecution for an offence under this section relating to the naval,
military or air force affairs of Government, or to any secret official code
in like manner as they apply, for the purpose of proving a purpose
prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State, to prosecution for
offences punishable under that section with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to fourteen years.
Interfering with
officers of the
police or members
of the armed
forces of
Bangladesh
7.(1) No person in the vicinity of any prohibited place shall obstruct,
knowingly mislead or otherwise interfere with or impede, any police
officer, or any member of the armed forces of Bangladesh engaged on
guard, sentry, patrol, or other similar duty in relation to the prohibited
place.
(2) If any person acts in contravention of the provisions of this section,
he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to two
years, or with fine, or with both.
Duty of giving
information as to
commission of
offences
8.(1) It shall be the duty of every person to give on demand to a
Superintendent of Police, or other police officer not below the rank of
Inspector, empowered by 10[ the Inspector General of Police or, in 11[
a Metropolitan Area], the Police Commissioner] in this behalf, or to any
member of the armed forces of Bangladesh engaged on guard, sentry,
patrol or other similar duty, any information in his power relating to an
offence or suspected offence under section 3 or under section 3 read
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