Telecommunication.
receives any message by such telegraph, or performs any service incidental thereto, or delivers any message for transmission by such telegraph, or accepts delivery of any message sent thereby, shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars.
17. Any person who-
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Intrusion into signal-room, trespass in office, or
(a) enters the signal-room of a telegraph office of the Government or of a person licensed under this Ordinance without the permission of a competent authority;
(b) enters a fenced enclosure round such a telegraph office in contravention of any rule or notice not to do so;
(c) refuses to quit such room or enclosure on being requested to do so by any officer or servant employed therein; or
(d) wilfully obstructs or impedes any such officer or servant in the performance of his duty,
shall be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.
attempting to learn contents of messages.
18. Any person who does any of the acts mentioned in section 17 with the intention of unlawfully learning the contents of any message or of committing any offence punishable under this Ordinance, may, in addition to the fine to which he is liable under section 17, be liable to imprisonment for one year.
19. Any person who, intending-
Intentionally damaging or tampering with tele-graphs.
(a) to prevent or obstruct the transmission or delivery of any message;
(b) to intercept or to acquaint himself with the contents of any message; or
(c) to cause, or knowing that he is likely to cause, wrongful loss or damage to the public or to any person,
damages, removes, tampers with or touches any battery, machinery, telegraph line, post or other thing whatever, being part of or used in or about any telegraph or in the working thereof, shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars and imprisonment for three years.
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