Clause 11
New section 28A
of Newspaper and Printing Presses (Amendment) Bill
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Clause 11
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 28, the following section:“Jurisdiction of court28A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), a District Court and a Magistrate’s Court shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and shall have power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of such offence.”.