Section 27Telegraph officer fraudulently sending messages without payment

s. 27

27. Telegraph officer fraudulently sending messages without payment If any telegraph officer transmits by telegraph any message on which the charge prescribed by the Government, or by a person licensed under this Act, as the case may be, has not been paid, intending thereby to defraud the Government or that person, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.