[(1)] Whoever shall 5 [edit], print or publish any 6 [newspaper] without conforming to the rules hereinbefore laid down, or whoever shall 5[edit], print or publish, or shall cause to be 5[edited], printed or published, any 7[newspaper], knowing that the said rules have not been observed with respect to 8[that newspaper], shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punished with fine not exceeding 1[two thousand] rupees, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2[six months] or both.
9[(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 in respect of the newspaper.]