# Telegraph Act 1868

31 & 32 Vict. c. 110 · enacted 31 July 1868 · revised to 26 March 2001

An Act to enable Her Majesty’s Postmaster General to acquire, work, and maintain Electric Telegraphs.

## Introductory text

An Act to enable Her Majesty’s Postmaster General to acquire, work, and maintain Electric Telegraphs.
[31st July 1868]

## Preliminary

## 1 Short title.

This Act may be cited as “The Telegraph Act 1868.”

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## 20 Punishment for disclosing or intercepting messages.

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to which the foregoing Act refers
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/31-32/110 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/telegraph-act-1868
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