(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, 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 provided in rules made in this behalf.
(2) Where this Act 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 Act, compliance with subsection (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
(ii) shall not affect the validity of the order.
Publication and service of notices.
Attempts, etc.,to cotravene the provisions of the Act.
Special provision for searches.
10 The West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1970.
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18. 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 Act or of any order made thereunder, shall be deemed to have contravened that provision or, as the case may be, that order.