Penalty for non-compliance with rules for printing or publishing newspaper

(1) Whoever shall edit, print or publish any newspaper without conforming to the rules hereinbefore provided, or whoever shall edit, print or publish, or shall cause to be edited, printed or published, any newspaper, knowing that the said rules have not been complied with in respect of such newspaper, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punished with fine not exceeding Rs. 2,000 or simple imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both. (2) Where an offence is committed in relation to a newspaper under sub-section (1), the Magistrate may, in addition to the punishment imposed under the said sub-section, also cancel the declaration made in respect of the newspaper.