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Curability of tecbnical defects in tbe fot m of sanction.-Any technical .defect in the for.~al sa!1ctiongranted under &ection 197 of the Code of Criminal --Procedure 1973 (No.2 of 1974) for the jJf0secutioil of a person employed in connection with the affairs of the State shall not vitiate the trial. unless it is proved that it caused substantial prejUdice to the accused. -- ,