https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165959 Section 13(3) of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 requires a complaint to be filed by order of, or under authority from, the Appropriate Government, but this is not the same as a prior sanction or consent requiring an application of mind. The time spent obtaining such authorisation therefore does not fall within the exclusion under the Explanation to Section 470(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. On the stated facts, the delay was explainable on a bona fide mistaken belief and could be condoned under Section 473, so the complaint was treated as within time and discharge on limitation grounds was not available. en-us Tue, 08 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165959 Section 13(3) of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 requires a complaint to be filed by order of, or under authority from, the Appropriate Government, but this is not the same as a prior sanction or consent requiring an application of mind. The time spent obtaining such authorisation therefore does not fall within the exclusion under the Explanation to Section 470(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. On the stated facts, the delay was explainable on a bona fide mistaken belief and could be condoned under Section 473, so the complaint was treated as within time and discharge on limitation grounds was not available. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165959