2. Amendment of section 2 of Chapter 180
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Section 2 of the Newspapers Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as “the principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution for the expression “he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprison-ment of either description for a term not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine.”, of the expression “he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceed-ing five thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine.”.