in this behalf 1[by the 2[Federal Government] or a Provincial Government], may –
(a) take temporary possession of any telegraph establish ed, maintained or worked by any
person licensed under this Act; or
(b) order that any message or class of messages to or from any person or class of persons or
relating to any parti cular subject brought for transmission by, or transmitted or received
by, any telegraph, shall not be transmitted, or shall be intercepted or detained, or shall be
disclosed to 3[the Government making the order] or an officer thereof mentioned in the
order.
(2) If any doubt arises as to the existence of a public emer gency, or whether any act done under
subsection (1) was in the interest of the public safety, 4[a certificate of the 2[Federal Go vernment]
or, as the case may be, the Provincial Government] shall be conclusive proof on the point.
6. Power to establish telegraph on land of Railway Company. 5[The Railway Administration],
on being required so to do by the 6[Federal Government], shall permit the Government to establish
and maintain a telegraph upon any part of the land 7[under the management or control of the
Administration], and shall give every reasonable facility for working the same.
7. Power to make rules for the conduct of telegraphs.__ (1) The 6[Federal Government] may,
from time to time, by notification in the 8[official Gazette], make rules9 consistent with this Act for
the conduct of all or any telegraphs established, maintained or worked by the Government or by
persons licensed under this Act.
(2) Rules under this section may provide for all or any of the following, among other matters, that
is to say:__
(a) the rates at which, and the other conditions and res trictions subject to which, messages
shall be transmit ted;
(b) the precautions to be taken for preventing the impro per interception or disclosure of
messages;
lSubs. by A. O., 1937, for “by the G. G. in C.”.
2 Subs. by the Telegraph (Amdt.) Act, 1975 (67 of 1975), s. 4, for “Central”.
3 Subs.by A. O., 1937, for “the Govt.”.
4 Subs. ibid., for, “a certificate signed by a Secretary to the G. of I or to the L. G.”.
5 Subs. by Act 67 of 1975, s. 5, for “Any Railway Company”. .
6 Subs. ibid., for “Central Government” which was subs. by A. O. 1937, for “G. G. in C.”.
7 Subs. by Act 67 of 1975, s. 5, for “of the Company”.
8 Subs. by A. O.,1937, for “Gazette of India”.
9 For the Pakistan Telegraph Rules, 1951 see Gaz. of P., 1951 Pt. I, pp. 751796 and for the Wireless Receiving Apparatus (Licensing Rules), 1957 see ibid., 1957, Pt. I, pp. 166167.
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