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(1) Without prejudice to any special provisiong con- tamed 1nth1s Act, the·Bromncgal Government may by order requll'e any. person to. -fui:msh 'br p:rq.duce to any specified authority·orperson. any such' information or article in his possession"as'may be specified in the order, being information, . «ora' article lieh the Provincial Government considers it .>negs@ry or expedient in the interests of the prevention or · suppression of subversive acts to obtain or examine: Provided that- (i) no editor, printer or publisher of a newspaper shall be required to furnish or produce any such infor- m~tion or article in respect of any matter published 'in such newspaper, and ~- ·~ (£i) no person shall be required to furnish or produce any information or article which, under the provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, he cannot be . compelled to furnish or produce. (2)If.any person fails to furnish or produce any informa- tion or article in compliance with an order made under sub- section (1), he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with _fine or with both. «!«2 ' k_.