Official Secrets Act : Short title, extent and application. Indian Bare Acts :

Official Secrets Act,1923

Act No : 19

Section : Short title, extent and application.

THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT, 1923 ACT NO. 19 OF 1923 1* 3* * * * * [2nd April, 1923.] An Act to consolidate and amend the law 2* * * relating to official secrets. WHEREAS it is expedient that the law relating to official secrets 2* * * should be consolidated and amended; It is hereby enacted as follows.- 4*[1.Short title, extent and application. (1) This Act may be called the Official Secrets Act, 1923. (2) It extends to the whole of India and applies also to servants of the Government and to citizens of India outside India.]