Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 · Chapter III: Power to Place Telegraph Lines and Posts · Provisions applicable to other property
Section 19B: Power to confer upon licensee powers of telegraph authority under this Part
The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 was repealed by the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (from 26 June 2024; Part III still applies to transmission lines under the Electricity Act, 2003). The text is kept here because the judgments below apply it.
[19A. Person exercising legal right likely to damage telegraph or interfere with telegraphic communication to give notice.—The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, confer upon any licensee under section 4, in - respect of the extent of his license and subject to any conditions and restrictions which the [Central Government] may think fit to impose and to the provisions of this Part, all or airy of the powers which the telegraph authority possesses under this Part with regard to a telegraph established or maintained by the Government or to be so established or maintained:
Provided that the notice prescribed in section 19A shall always be given to the telegraph authority or officer empowered to receive notice under section 19A (1).]
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 19B
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