Section 7: Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union.

The Official Secrets Act, 1923Central Act · Act 19 of 1923

(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 the Union] 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 [three years], or with fine, or with both.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Official Secrets Act, 1923
Section	7
Marginal note	Interfering with officers of the police or members of the Armed Forces of the Union.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	5

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "His Majesty's Forces".
substituted, Act 24 of 1967. . Subs. by Act 24 of 1967, s. 7, for "two years".

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