obtained, collected, recorded,. published or communicated by any person other than a person acting under lawful authority, and from the circumstances of the case or his conduct or his known character as proved it appears that his purpose was a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State such sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information shall be presumed to have been made, obtained, collected, recorded, published or communicated for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State.
Communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences. 4. (1) In any proceedings against a person for an offence under section 3, the fact that he has been in communication with, or attempted to communicate with, a foreign agent, whether within or without British India, shall be relevant for the purpose of proving that he has, for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State, obtained or attempted to obtain information which is calculated to be or might be, or is intended to be, directly or indirectly, useful to an enemy.
(2) For the purpose of this section, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision,—
- (a) a person may be presumed to have been in communication with a foreign agent if
- (i) he has, either within or without British India, visited the address of a foreign agent or consorted or associated with a foreign agent, or
- (ii) either within or without British India, the name or address of, or any other information regarding, a foreign agent has been found in his possession, or has been obtained by him from any other person;
- (b) the expression "foreign agent" includes any person who is or had been or in respect of whom it appears that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting
