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( 1 ) Whoever intentionally offers any insult, or causes any interruption to the Lokayukta or an Upa-Lokayukta while the Lokayukta or the Upa-Lokayukta is conducting any investigation under this Act, shall, on conviction, be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both. ( 2 ) Whoever, by words spoken or intended to be read, makes or publishes any statement or does any other act, which is calculated to bring the Lokayukta or an Upa-Lokayukta into disrepute, shall, on conviction, be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both. ( 3 ) The provision of section 198B of the 1 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898) shall apply in relation to an offence under sub-section ( 1 ) or sub-section ( 2 ) as they apply in relation to an offence referred to in sub-section ( 1 ) of the said section 198B, subject to the modification that no complaint in respect of such offence shall be made by the Public Prosecutor except with the previous sanction,- ( a ) in the case of an offence against the Lokayukta, of the Lokayukta; (b) in the case of an offence against an Upa-Lokayukta, of the Upa-Lokayukta concerned.