63 APPENDIX – C G.S.R. 193 (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951, namely:— (1) These rules may be called the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 2007. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. (3) In the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951, after rule 419, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:— Rule 419A (1) Directions for interception of any message or class of messages under sub-section (2) of Section 5 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (hereinafter referred to as the said (Act) shall not be issued except by an order made by the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the case of Government of India and by the Secretary to the State Government in-charge of the Home Department in the case of a State Government. In unavoidable circumstances, such order may be made by an officer, not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India, who has been duly authorized by the Union Home Secretary or the State Home Secretary, as the case may be: Provided that in emergent cases— (i) in remote areas, where obtaining of prior directions for interception of messages or class of messages is not feasible; or