Section 293: Prohibition of listening to or recording other’s conversation

1) No person shall, by using a mechanical device, listen to, or record, any conversation held between two or more persons, without permission of the competent authority or consent of such persons holding conversation.

2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or both the sentences.

Provided that this Section shall not apply to any speech or statement made publicly.