Section 23. For abetment of, and attempts to commit, offences

23. For abetment of, and attempts to commit, offences. , ACT No. I OF 1876. PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law re- Preamble. la,ting to Telegraphs in India ; It is hereby enacted as follows :- - I.-P~elinzha~y. I. This Act mag' be called "The Indian Telegraph short title. Act, 1876" : And it shall come into force at once. Commence. ment. `2.` Act NO. XXXIV of 1854 `(for` ?'eg~l~ti?Lg t?2e Repeal establish?nent and mctlzageme~zt `of` Electric Telegraphs Actsin India) and Act No. VIII of 1860 `(for` regulating the estublishnzent and ?nanugentent `of` Zlecbic Telegraphs in India) are hereby repealed : t?2e Repeal of But all licenses grmted, declarations made and Saving of ex. rules framed under either of the said Acts and now istinalicenses in force, shall bc deemed to have been respectively[and ][n ~ l e ~ . ] granted, made aud framed under this Act. 3. I n this Act- Interpretstion-clause. tion-clause. " Telegraph " means an electric or magnetic Tele- 6i hlegrrlll1." a y , Teleg~-aphs. [ ACT `I` a telegraph established or maintained and worked by the Government, or by a company Or person licensed under this Act ; and c' xessage " means any communication sent by telegraph, or given to a telegraph officer to be s e n t h teleg.aph or to bc delivered. 11-Pv%vileges am.i Powers of Goveqwnelzt. 4. Within British India, the Governor General may grant a license to any person or Company to establish or to maintain a line of telegraph within any part of British India, which license shall be revocable on the breach of any of the conditions therein contained.