(b) enters a fenced enclosure round such a telegraph office in contravention of any rule or
notice not to do so, or
(c) refuses to quit such room or enclosure on being re quested to do so by any officer or
servant employed therein, or
(d) wilfully obstructs or impedes any such officer or servant in the performance of his duty,
he shall be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
24. Unlawfully attempting to learn contents of messages. If any person does any of the acts
mentioned in section 23 with the intention of unlawfully learning the contents of any message, or of
committing any offence punishable under this Act, he may (in addition to the fine with which he is
punishable under section 23) be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one
year.
25. Intentionally damaging or tampering with telegraphs. If any person, intending
(a) to prevent or obstruct the transmission or delivery of any message, or
(b) to intercept or to acquaint himself with the contents of any message, or
(c) to commit mischief,
damages, removes, tampers with or touches any battery, machi nery, telegraph line, post or other thing
whatever, being part of or used in or about any telegraph or in the working thereof, he shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
1[25A. Injury to or interference with a telegraph line or post. If, in any case not provided for
by section 25, any person deals with any property and thereby wilfully or negligently damages any
telegraph line 2[,post or works] duly placed on such property in accordance with the provisions of this
Act, he shall be liable to pay the telegraph authority such expenses (if any) as may be incurred in
making good such damage, and shall also, if the telegraphic communication is by reason of the
damage so caused interrupted, be punishable with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees:
Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply where such damage or interruption is
caused by a person dealing with any property in the legal exercise of a right if he has complied with
the provisions of section 19A (1).]
3[25B. Theft of telegraph line. If any person commits theft of a telegraph line, copper wire,
cable or cable accessory, he shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which is not less
than one year and not more than seven years and also with fine.
1 Section 25A ins. by the Indian Telegraph (Amdt.) Act, 1914 (7 of 1914), s. 8.
2 Subs. by the Telegraph (Amdt.) Act, 1975 (67 of 1975), s. 16, for “or post”.
3 Ins. ibid., s.17.
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