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Jntentzonal znsult or mte"uptzon to, or brmgmg wto dzsrepute to the Lok Ayukta or an Upa-Lok Atyukta -(I) Whoeve1 intentionally msults or cau~es any mterruption to the Lok Ayukta or an Upa-Lok Ayukta, wlule the Lok Ayukta or the Upa-Lok Ayukta 1s conducting any mvesugation or mqu1ry under tl11S Act shall, on conviction, be punished with sunple unpnsonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may el...tend to one year 01 with fine, or With both. (2) Whocve1, by word~ 'poken or mtrndrd to br 1ead, makes 01 pub!Jshe~ any statement or doc\ any other J.Ct, vvhJCh 1s calculated to bring the Lok :\vukta or an Upa-Lok Ayukta mto d1srcputc, shall, on conviction, be puni-;hed w1th sunplc 1mpn~onmcnt J()r <1. tc1m wh1ch shall not be Irs\ than six month~ but wluch may C"Xtend to onr· year or wah fin'~, m with both. (3) rhc !)IOvi<;in•l'> of<;eCl!Oll 199 of the Code ofCrJJHin<ll PIOccdurc, D73 (Ccntr,ll Act 2 of 1974), .,hall <lpj1ly 111 relatiOn to .m offence under '>Ub-'>cctJon (1) or ~ub-s-::ct10n (2), a~ tht•y apply in Jci.ilwn to an offence 1 cfcrrcd tom sub-s•·ctinn ( 1) of the ~a1d ~ccuon, '>ll bjcct to the mocbficat10n that no co,npl.tiJ~t m respect of ~uch offence .,hall he m:~de bY the 1\d)IJC Pro~ecutm e'\Cl pt with t!w PI C\'Hill~ ~·LllClJO!l or the Lok. Ayllkta or the concclncd Up.t-Lok Ayukta: Plo\'Jtlcd that thC' Covtl may, fo1 aJequatc and '>pco.11 1easom, to be l<'COJ,I~c!In tlJI' Jvdgcmcnt, unp"~c .tk·,~:c-c scntC!LCflf unp!!'iOnmc•lt<>n•l fine.