Section - 15. Penalty for printing or publishing newspaper without conforming to rules

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[(1)] Whoever shall 5 [edit], print or publish any 6 [newspaper], without conforming to the rules hereinbefore laid down, or whoever shall 5 [edit], print or publish, or shall cause to be 5 [edited], printed
or published, any 7  [newspaper], knowing that the said rules have not been observed with respect to [that news paper], shall on conviction before a Magistrate, be punished with fine not exceeding [two thousand] rupees, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 [ six months] or both.

 [(2) Where an offence is committed in relation to a newspaper under sub-section (1), the Magistrate
may, in addition to the punishment imposed under the said sub-section, also cancel the declaration in respect of the newspaper.]

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