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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 Section 5

Dissemination of Contents of Proscribed Document

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Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 Section 5 is part of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 - Dissemination of Contents of Proscribed Document. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Whoever publishes, circulates or repeats in public any passage from a newspaper, book or other document copies whereof have been declared to be forfeited to1[Government] under any law for the time being in force, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine or with both.

(2) No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this section unless the2[State Government] has certified that the passage published, circulated or repeated contains, in the opinion of the2[State Government], seditious or other matter of the nature referred to in sub-section (1) of section 99 A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, or sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act, 1931.

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1. Substituted for "Her Majesty" by A.L.O., 1950.

2. Substituted for "Provincial Government" by A.L.O., 1950.

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What does Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 Section 5 provide?

Section Section 5 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 (Dissemination of Contents of Proscribed Document) is reproduced on this page as part of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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