9. o section 17 of the principal enactment

Section 17 of the principal enactment is ‘pes amend-ed by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution thereof, of the following new subsection :—

“ (1) Any person who knowngly ‘défades;-YHarks on, mutilates, or causes damage to any record, manuscript or document deposited in the National Archives or removes without authority, any such record, manuscript. or-docu-

ment or who destroys any public record otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Law or any regu-

“lation made thereunder or who contravenes any provision of this Law or any regulations made thereunder shall on conviction, be liable to rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and.

fine. ”