Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power to make rules for the conduct of telegraphs.—(1) The Central Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules1 consistent with this Act for the conduct of all or any telegraphs established, maintained or worked by the Government or by persons licensed under this Act. (2) Rules under this section may provide for all or any of the following, among other matters, that is to say:— (a) the rates at which, and the other conditions and restrictions subject to which, messages shall be transmitted 2[within India]; (b) the precautions to be taken for preventing the improper interception or disclosure of messages; (c) the period for which, and the conditions subject to which, telegrams and other documents belonging to, or being in the custody of, telegraph offices shall be preserved; and (d) the fees to be charged for searching for telegrams or other documents in the custody of any telegraph officer; 3[(e) the conditions and restrictions subject to which any telegraph line, appliance or apparatus for telegraphic communication shall be established, maintained, worked, repaired, transferred, shifted, withdrawn or disconnected; 4 [(ee) the charges in respect of any application for providing any telegraph line, appliance or apparatus;] 5[(eea) the manner in which the fund may be administered; (eeb) the criteria based on which sums may be released;] (f) the charges in respect of— (i) the establishment, maintenance, working, repair, transfer or shifting of any telegraph line, appliance or apparatus; (ii) the services of operators operating such line, appliance or apparatus; (g) the matters in connection with the transition from a system where under rights and obligations relating to the establishment, maintenance, working, repair, transfer or shifting of any telegraph line, appliance or apparatus for telegraphic communication attach by virtue of any agreement to a system whereunder such rights and obligations attach by virtue of rules made under this section; (h) the time at which, the manner in which, the conditions under which and the persons by whom the rates, charges and fees mentioned in this sub-section shall be paid and the furnishing of security for the payment of such rates, charges and fees; (i) the payment of compensation to the Central Government for any loss incurred in connection with the provision of any telegraph line, appliance or apparatus for the benefit of any person—