Official Secrets Act (India)

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The Official Secrets Act,1923
Imperial Legislative Council
Long title An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to official secrets.
Citation	Act No. 19 of 1923
Territorial extent	British India
Amended by
Repealing Act,1927
Status: In force

The Official Secrets Act of 1923 is India's anti-espionage act held over from the British colonial period. It states clearly that actions which involve helping an enemy state against India are strongly condemned. It also states that one cannot approach, inspect, or even pass over a prohibited government site or area like an electrical substation. According to this Act, helping the enemy state can be in the form of communicating a sketch, plan, model of an official secret, or of official codes or passwords, to the enemy.^{[citation needed]}