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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-12092025-266124
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 581]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025/BHADRA 21, 1947
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Department of Telecommunications)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 12th September, 2025
G.S.R. 625(E). Whereas a draft of the Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful
Interception of Messages) Amendment Rules, 2025, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the
powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (2) and sub-section (4) of section 20 read with clauses (t) and (u) of
sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023), was published as required by
sub-section (1) of section 56 of the said Act vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Communications, Department of Telecommunications number G.S.R. 425(E), dated the 27th June, 2025, in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), dated the 27th June, 2025 inviting objections and suggestions
from the persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which the
copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the public on the 28th June, 2025;
And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have
been duly considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (2) and sub-section (4) of
section 20 read with clauses (t) and (u) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of
2023), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, to amend the Telecommunications (Procedures and
Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of
Messages) Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024, -
(a) in rule 2, in sub-rule (1), for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
'(c) "competent authority" means —
(i) the Union Home Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, in the case of the Central Government;
or
(ii) the Secretary to the State Government in charge of the Home Department, in the case of a State
Government; or
(iii) the Union Home Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Central Government, in the case
of a request from the Secretary in-charge of the Home Department of the State Government to the
Central Government for interception by that State Government beyond its territorial jurisdiction';
(b) in rule 4, in sub-rule (1), for the words "two nodal officers", the words "one or more nodal officers" shall
be substituted.
[F. No. 24-06/2024-UBB]
DEVENDRA KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024 were
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number
G.S.R. 754(E), dated the 6th December, 2024.
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SRIVASTAVA
KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
Date: 2025.09.12 22:20:20 +0530