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Any offi cer or person exercising power under this Act, who— (a) unlawfully releases any person arrested under this Act, or (b) abets the escape of any person arrested under this Act, or (c) abets the commission any offence against this Act, and any other offi cer of the 1[Government] or of a local authority who abets the commis- sion of any offence against this Act, shall on, conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fi ne which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.