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( 1 ) Where any person is convicted of any offence punishable under this Act, it shall be competent for the Court convicting such offender to cause the name and place of residence of such person to be published by the police in the local newspaper where such offence had taken place, together with the fact that such offender had been convicted of the offence under this Act and such other particulars as the Court may deem fit and appropriate, to be allowed to be published. ( 2 ) No such publication under sub-section ( 1 ) shall be made until the appeal, if any, filed against such order is finally disposed of.