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Secrecy of information- <\n)l informatiOn obtained by the Comm;sc;ion or member<> of its staff or aoy inve<>tigation agency in the cour::.e of. or for the purpose of any investigation under th:<; Act and any evidence recorded or collected in connectiOn with ::.uch Investigation shall be trea·ted as confidential. and notwithstanding anvthin~ contained in the JnC11an E,· dence Act, 1872 (Central Act I of 1872), no court shall be entitled to compd the Commission or any Commissionet or any member of its• staff or any investigat·on agency to g1ve evidence relatmg to such mformat'on or prcduce the evJdcnce so recorded or collocted or- o (2) Nothing in sub:scction (1) shall apply to the· disclosure of any information or partJculars- (a) for .the purpose of the inve<>tigation or in any ICJ>O'T't too be made thereon or for any action or proceedmgs to be taken on such report; or ..J':· (b) for the purposes of any proceedm~ for· an offrnce under the Official Secrets Act', 1923 (Ce"·tral Act 19 of 1923) or any offence of givmg or fabrica.ting false evi.lence under the Indian Penal Code (Cen.tral Act 45 of 1860) or for purpo<>es of any proceeding under <>ectoin 25; or (c) for such other purposes ~s may be prescribed fX: 3 ;::;: ,...... (3) No person shall publish any proceedmg relatmg to a preli- minary invest•gation undrr section. 10 wh10h is pending be for~ the Com- mission nor ~hall any person publish such proceeding after ~uch investi- gdltion is completed (4) Whoever contravenes the provisions of be punished with c;tmpk Imprisonment for a term two years, or. w~th fine. or _v-:ith both sub-section (3) sh'<lll which mav extend to (5) Nothmp: m sub-~ect1ons (3) and (4) shafll apply to the publi- · cllltion of any report laid before the Legislative Assembly 19 Protection ·of action taken under the Act --(1) No <>uit, pro- secution or other legal prcceedmg o:;hall lie against the Crnnmission or a Commis<>ioner or against any officer: emplovee, agency or person referred to in srction 7 in respect o~ anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act . • 55 (2) No proceeding of the CommissiOn shatll be held mvaild for want of foi m and, except on. the g1 ou"nd of JUriSdictiOn, no proceedmg or q_ecJsmn of the Comm1sswn shall be hable to be challenged, revtew or -called m questiOn m any court. ' 20 Power of Commts\ton 10 I• y cei tam offences swn'1wnly -{1) If, at any stage ol a proceedmg beiore the CommJ~SIOn, 1t appears to them that any person appeanng m such proceedmg had knowmgily or wilfully giVen talse evidence or had tabncated iabe evidence Wirth the mtentiOn t<h3!t such evidence ~Jwuld be used m such proccedmg, the CommissiOr. may, If sat1sf:Ied that 1t b necessary and exped;ent m • the mterests of JUStice that the per~on shQuld be tned ~ummat1ty tor gtvmg or fabnca:tmg, as the case may be, J alse evidence, tdke cogmzance ot the offence and may, attcr giVlng the offender a reasonablle upporti.mtty of s-howmg cause why h'c shoulu 'not b'e pumshed tor such ul!ence, try such offender summClll'dy, so far a~ may be m accordance wtth the pro- cedure pre~cJtbed for summary tnals under the Code of Cnmmal l'ro-. cedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 ot 1~74), and sentence htm ~o 1mpnsonment for a term which ~hall n<>t be lc~s than three month~ but wnich may extend to one year, and w1th fine . wn 11ch -shall not oe less than two thousand rupees but whtch may extend to five thousand rupees. ~~- ,.. \..._ (2) In cvc1 y case It ned under thJ'> ~ect10n, the Comm1~S1on shall record 'the fads comututmg the offence With the statement (If any) maae by the offendet a~ 'weU as the findmg and the sentence. (3) Any person convtcted on a tnal held under thts scctton may appeal to the High Count and the ptovisions of Chapter XXIX of · the Code of Cummal Procedure, 1973 (Cen~ra1! Act 2 of 1974), !.hall, so far as may be, apply to appeals undeT th1~ sectiOn and the H1gh Court may alter or reverse the findmg or reduce or reverse the sentence appealed agamst. . ) (4) The provJSions ofrthis i>Cction shall have elfed not\\ithstanding anythmg contamed ill the Code of Cnmmal Procedure, 1973 (central Act 2 of 1974). , (5) Words and expressiOns use::! w thiS sectiOn and not defined in this Act shaill have the same meamng as ill the Code of Cnmmal Procedure, 1973 (Central Aot 2 of 1974)