SECTION- 16. International 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 simple imprisonment for a term which may extend 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 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 sub-sections (2) to (6) of section 199 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), 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 (2) of the said section 1999 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.

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