In the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, after section 4, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—

"4A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a person who has been granted a license under sub-section (1) of section 4 may verify the identity of its subscribers by—

(a) Aadhaar authentication or offline verification under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016;

(b) passport issued under section 4 of the Passports Act, 1967; or

(c) any other officially valid document or modes of identification as may be notified by the Central Government.

(2) The subscriber shall have the choice of any mode specified under sub-section (1) for identification.

(3) No person shall be denied service for not having an Aadhaar number."