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Plnscculwn j01 {nl1e complmnt -( 1) :'\iotwnhstandmg anythmg cclJitam•d 1r th1~ Act, "'hocvcr make~ any compl.unt w1th mahuou~ mtentwn under tlus Act ~hall, on conVICtiOn, be punished with I111PIISOnment £01 a term, vduch ~h..tllnot be lcs~ t1Mn three month~ but \vluch may extend to ~1x month~ and w1th fine, wh1ch shall not be k-, than two thousand It•))('e<; but \\ luch may extend to fin· t hom.tnd 1 upcc .... (2) No COUll inferior to that of a court of the J udiclal tl.fag1~tratc of the Fn ~t Class shall take cogm~ance of an offence unde1 ~ub-sect10r ( 1). 78 (3) No such court shall take cognizance of an offence under sub- ~ection (I), except on a complamt made by a person against whom false, frivolous or vexatiOus complaint was made, after obtaining the previous sanction of the Lok Ayukta or the Upa-Lok Ayukta, as the case may be. ( 4) The pro~ecutwn in relahon to an offence under sub-section (I) 5hall be conducted by the Public P10secutor and all expemcs connected with such prosecution ~hall be borne by the Government.