The Official Secrets Act, 1923 (Act No. 19 of 1923) is India’s principal anti-espionage law, dealing with spying, unauthorised access to prohibited places, and wrongful communication of official information.
- Section 1 — Short title, extent and application
- Section 2 — Definitions
- Section 3 — Penalties for spying
- Section 4 — Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences
- Section 5 — Wrongful communication, etc., of information
- Section 6 — Unauthorised use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation, and false documents
- Section 7 — Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union
- Section 8 — Duty of giving information as to commission of offences
- Section 9 — Attempts, incitements, etc.
- Section 10 — Penalty for harbouring spies
- Section 11 — Search-warrants
- Section 12 — Provisions of section 337 of Act 5 of 1898 to apply to offences under sections 3, 5 and 7
- Section 13 — Restriction of trial of offences
- Section 14 — Exclusion of public from proceedings
- Section 15 — Offences by companies
- Section 16 — [Repealed]
Note: Section 16 was repealed by the Repealing Act, 1927 (12 of 1927). The page is retained for completeness of the section sequence.
