24. Every person who listens to or acquires knowledge of any conversation or message passing over the lines of a telephone system, not addressed to or intended for such person, and divulges the same or the purport or substance thereof, except when lawfully authorized or directed so to do, is liable to the same fine as that prescribed in section 23.
R. S. 1964, c. 286, s. 24; 1990, c. 4, s. 326.