Section 50: Intentional insult or interruption to, or bringing into disrepute, Lokayukta.
The Maharashtra Lokayukta Act, 2023.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 46 of 2025
(1) Whoever intentionally offers any insult, or causes any interruption to the Chairperson or Member of the Lokayukta, while he is conducting any inquiry or 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 Chairperson or Member of the 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 provisions of sub-sections (2) to (5) of section 222 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) 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 222], subject to the modification that no complaint in respect of such offence shall be made by the public prosecutor except with the previous sanction of the Governor in the case of an offence against the Chairperson or Member of Lokayukta.
Intentional insult or interruption to, or bringing into disrepute, Lokayukta.
Jurisdiction
State of Maharashtra
Status
In force as published by the source
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
substituted, Mah. 50 of 2025. This portion was substituted for the portion beginning with the words "The provisions of sub-section (2)" and ending with the words and figures "the said section 199" by Mah. 50 of 2025, s. 9.
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