(1) Whoever publishes, circulates or repeats in public any passage from a newspaper, book or other document copies whereof have been declared to be forfeited to Government under any law for the time being in force, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
(2) No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this section unless the State Government has certified that the passage published, circulated or repeated contains, in the opinion of the State Government, seditious or other matter of the nature referred to in 9 sub-section (1) of section 99A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), or sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act , 1931 (23 of 1931).
6. [Dissemination of false rumours.] Rep. by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935, s. 2.
1. The Act has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu (with modifications) vide G.S.R. 863, dated 2-6-1966, Gazette of India, Extraordinary Pt. II, Sec. 3(i), p 389 and to Pondicherry (with modification) vide G.S.R. 200, dated 7-2-1967, Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3(i), p. 230. The Act has been amended in Bombay by Bombay Act 24 of 1959.
2. The word “temporarily” omitted by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935, s. 3.
3. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for the sub-section (2).
4. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for “Part B States”.
5. Sub-section (3) limiting the duration of the Act to three years from commencement, rep. by Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935, s. 2.
6. The words and figure “section 4 and” omitted. by s. 4, ibid
7. S. 7 was brought into force in— Former Province of Bihar and Orissa, from 26th December, 1932: see B. & O. Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 26th December, 1932;
The Delhi Province, from 24th December, 1932: see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1932, p. 429;
The City of Bombay, the Bombay Suburban district and the districts of Kaira, Ahmednagar, East Khandesh, West Khandesh, Ratnagiri and Kanara, from 29th December, 1932: see Bombay Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 27th December, 1932;
Amritsar district, from 31st December, 1932: see Punjab Gazette, Extraordinary, 1932, p. 163;
The districts of Cachar, Goalpara, Kamrup, Darrang, Nowgong, Sibsagar and Lakhimpur, from 7th January, 1933:
see Assam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 7th January, 1933;
Ajmer-Merwara, from 30th September, 1933: see Gazette of India, 1933, Pt. II-A, p. 716.
8. The words and figure “section 4 or” omitted by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935, s. 4.
9. Now see sub-section (1) of section 95 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
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