Intentional insult or interruption to, or bringing into disrepute to Lokayukta

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(1) Whoever offers any insult or causes any interruption to the Lokayukta, while the Lokayukta is conducting any inquiry or investigation under this Act, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
(2) Whoever, by words spoken or intended to be read, makes or published any statement or does any other Act, which is calculated to bring the Lokayukta into disrepute shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
(3) The provisions of section 199 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall apply in relation an offence under sub-section
(2) as they apply in relation to an offence referred to in sub-section
(1) of the said section 199 subject to the modification that no complaint in respect of such offence shall be made by the Public Prosecutor except with the previous sanction- in the case of an offence against the Lokayukta, of the Lokayukta.

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