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During the continuance of this Act,-- (1) Section 1 (1 & 2 Geo 5, c. 20) of the Geneva Convention Act, 1911, shall have effect in British India as if, in sub-section (1) thereof, for the words "shall be liable on summary conviction lo a fine not exceeding ten pounds", the words "shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and shall also be liable to a fine" had been substituted; (2) Section 5 of the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923 (XIX 1923), shall have effect as if -- (a) in sub-section (1) thereof, after the words "in his possession or control" the words "any information likely to assist" the enemy, as defined in the rules made under the Defence of India Act, 1939, or "had been inserted, and after the words "in such a place" the words "or which relates to, or is used in, a protected defined in the rules made under the Defence of India Act, 1939, or relates to anything in such an area," had been inserted; and (b) for sub-section (4) thereof, the following subsection had been substituted, namely:-- "(4) A person guilty of an offence under the section shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or, if such offence is committed with intent to assist any State at war with His Majesty, or to wage war against His Majesty, with death, or transportation for life, or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall in either case also be liable to fine."; (3) the Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act, 1931 (XXIII of 1931), shall have effect as if in sub-section (1) of Section 4 thereof, after clause (6), the following word and clause had been inserted, namely:-- "or (bb) directly or indirectly convey any 'confidential information', any "information likely to assist the enemy' or any 'prejudicial report', as defined in the rules made under the Defence of India Act, 1939, or are calculated to instigate the contravention of any of those rules,"; (4) the Indian Aircraft Act, 1934 (XXII 1934), shall have effect as if -- (a) at the end of clause (r) of sub-section (2) of Section 5 the following words had been inserted, namely:-- "including the taking of steps necessary to secure compliance with, or to prevent contravention of, the rules regulating such matters, or, where any such rule has been contravened, to rectify, or to enable proceedings to be taken in respect of, such contravention"; (b) in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 8, for the words, brackets, letters and figures "clause (h) or clause (i) of subsection (2) of Section 5 ", the words, brackets, letters and figures "clauses (d), (e), (h), (i), (k) or (i) of sub-section (2) of Section 5, or the commission of an offence punishable-under Section 11," had been substituted; (c) in Section 11, after the words "in the air "the words "or in such a manner as to interfere with any of His Majesty's forces, ships or aircraft" had been inserted; (d) in Section 13, for the words, brackets, figures and letters "clause (i) or clause (1) of sub-section (2) of Section 5 "the words, brackets, figures and letters "clauses (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j), (k) or (1) of sub-section (2) of Section 5, or punishable under Section 11 "had been substituted; and (e) Section 14 had been omitted; and (5) the Indian Navy (Discipline) Act, 1934 (XXXIV of 1934), shall have effect as of for Section 90 of the Naval Discipline Act as set forth in the First Schedule to the first named Act the following section had been substituted, namely:-- "90. (1) If any person who would not otherwise be subject to this Act enters into an engagement with the Central Government to serve His Majesty-- (a) in a particular ship, or (b) in such particular ship or in such ships as the Officer Commanding the Indian Navy, or any officer empowered in this behalf by the Officer Commanding the Indian Navy, may from time to time determine, and agrees to become subject to this Act upon entering into the engagement, that person shall, so long as the engagement remains in force, and notwithstanding that for the time being he may not be serving in any ship, be subject to this Act, and the provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to that person, as if, while subject to this Act, he belonged to His Majesty's navy and were borne on the books of one of His Majesty's ships in commission. (2) The Central Government may by order direct that, subject to such exceptions as may in particular cases be made by or on behalf of the Officer Commanding the Indian Navy, persons of any such class as may be specified in the order shall, while subject to this Act by virtue of this section, be deemed to be officers or petty officers, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act or of such provisions of this Act as may be so specified and any such order may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order."