3. Section 38 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
| (1) in sub-section (1) thereof, by the substitution, for all the words from " guilty of an offence " to the end of that sub-section, of the words " guilty of an offence, and shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 44,, upon conviction after summary trial by a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding' one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and such imprisonment."; |
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| (2) by the addition, at the end of that section, of the following new sub-section :
| | " (3) Every person who unlawfully and wilfully listens in to a telephone conversation between two other persons shall be guilty of an offence and shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 44, upon conviction after summary trial by a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment."; and | | |
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| (3) by the substitution, for the marginal note to that section, of the following marginal note: |
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