(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Regulation, every authority, officer or person who makes any order in writing in pursuance of any provision thereof shall publish or serve or cause to be served notice of such order in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf. .
Publication and service of notices.
(2) Where this Regulation empowers an authority, officer, or person to take action by notified order, the provisions of sub-section
(1) shall not apply in relation to such order.
(3) If in the course of any judicial proceedings, a question arises whether a person was duly informed of an order made in pursuance of any provision of this Regulation, compliance with sub-section (1), or In a case to which sub-section (2) applies, the notification of the order, shall be conclusive proof that he was so informed, but a failure to comply with sub-section (1)—
(i) shall not preclude proof by other means that he had information of the order; and
(il) shall not affect the validity of the order.
io8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAHT II Attempts, etc., to contravene the provision! of the Regulation.
32. Any person who attempts to contravene, or abets, or attempts to abet, or does any act preparatory to a contravention of, any of the provisions of this Regulation or of any order made thereunder, shall be deemed to have contravened that provision or, as the case may be, that order.
Specinl provision for searches.