Section 16: Intentional insult or interruption to, or bringing into disrepute Lokayukta or Up-Lokayukta

(1) Whoever intentionally offers any insult or causes any interruption to the Lokayukta or an Up-Lokayukta while the Lokayukta or the Up-Lokayukta is conducting any investigation under this Act, shall on conviction, be punished with sim-ple imprisonment for a term which may extent 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 Lokayukta or an Up-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 section 198 B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Central Act 5 of 1898), 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 198 B, subject to the modification that no complaint in respect of such offence shall be made by the Public Prosecutor except with the previous sanction:- (a) in the case of an offence against the Lokayukta, of the Lokayukta (b) in the case of an offence against an Up-Lokayukta, of the Up-Lokayukta concerned.