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17. Any telegrapll officer ~110- ~vilf ully [ ACT I TeZegra. hs. ailfully secretes, makes away with, alters or omits to transmit, any message which he may have Penalty for ailfully secretes, makes away omittins to transmit or deliver mes-[received for transmission or delivei-y, or ] sages. For interceptingordivulg- a, iag messages. a wilfully, or otherwise than hy the official order of a, Secretary to {he 'Government of India or to the Local Government, or of such other officer as the Governor General in Council authorizes to give such order, intercepts any message or any part thereof, or divulges any message, or the purport of any message or of any part thereof, to any person not entitled to mceivc thc same, or ingordivulg- a, Secretary to {he 'Government of India or to the div~~lges the purport of any telegraphic signal to any person not entitled to become acquainted with the same, Por divulgingpurport of signals. shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thee years, or to fine, or to both. 18. Every telegraph officer shhll be deemed a public servant within the meaning of sections 161, 162, 163,164 and 165 of the Indian Penal Code. And in the definition of "legal remuneration" tained in the said section 161, the word Government" shall, for the pmyoses of this Act, be deemed to inclnde a person or company licensed under this Act. For offering bribes to officel.~. 19. .Any telegraph officer guilty of any act of drunkenness, carelessness, or other misconduct, whereby the transmission or delivery of any message is endangered, or who loiters or n~akes delay in the transmission or deIivery of any message, shall be liable to in~p~isonment for a tern not exceeding three i~~oi~ths, or to 3, fine sot excseding one hundred rupees, or to both. For misconduct.