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(1) No person shall without lawful authority or. excuse- Prohibition of prejudicial acts and reports (a) do any prejudicial act, or (b) make, print publish or distribute any document containing or spread by any other means whatsoever any prejudicial report. (2) The author, editor, printer and publisher of and any person who other wise makes, or produces, any prejudicial report and any person who distributes or sells any report of that nature knowing it to be of such nature shall be deemed to have contravened this section. (3) Any person who exhibits or causes or allows to be exhibited to the public or to any section of the public any unauthorised cinematograph film containing any prejudicial report or any reference to or representation of any such report and the licencee of any building or other premises licensed under the Cinematograph Act, for the time being in force, for giving exhibitions by means of a cinematograph shall be deemed to have contravened this section. (4) The proprietor, manager any other person in control of any place in which and every person who takes part in any public performance of any play, pantomime drama or recitation in the course of which any prejudicial report is published shall each be deemed to have contravened this section. (5) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment to either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both: Provided that in any proceedings arising but of a contravention of this section- (a) in relation to the making or printing of any document, it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that the said document was made or printed, as the case m ay be,- (i) with the permission or under the authority of the Government; or (ii) as a proof intended for submission to the Government or to a person or authority designated by the Government in this behalf with a view to obtaining permission for its publication; (b) in relation to the publication of any document it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that the said document was published with the permission or under the authority of the Government.