Kerala Gazette No. 33 dated 14thAugust 2007.

Section i

PART I

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Law (Legislation-Publication) Department

NOTIFICATION

No. 13946/Leg. Pbn. 3/07/Law. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 18th June 2007.

The following Act of Parliament, published in the Gazette of India,

Extraordinary, Part II, Section I, dated the 29th December, 2006 is hereby

republished for general information. The Bill as passed by the Houses of

Parliament received the assent of the President on the 29th December, 2006.

By order of the Governor,

P. S. GOPINATHAN,

Law Secretary.

G. 675/07/DTP.

THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006

(ACT NO. 57 OF 2006)

AN

ACT

further to amend the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of

India as follows:—

1.

Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Indian

Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 2006.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th day of

October, 2006.

2.

Amendment of section 3.—In section 3 of the Indian Telegraph Act,

1885 (13 of 1885) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in clause (1A), for

the words “obligation to provide access to basic telegraph services”, the words

“obligation to provide access to telegraph services” shall be substituted.

3.

Repeal and saving.—(1) The Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance,

2006 Ordinance, 3 of 2006) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Indian Telegraph (Amendment)

Ordinance, 2006) (Ordinance 3 of 2006) anything done or any action taken under

the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have

been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.