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भारत को राजपत्र TheGazette ofIndia
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II - खण्ड 1
PART II- Section 1
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, मार्च 20, 2006/ फाल्गुन 29,1927
सं 81 No. 8]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 20 , 2006 / PHALGUNA 29, 1927
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके ।
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 20th March, 2006/Phalguna 29 , 1927 ( Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 17th March, 2006 , and is hereby published for general information:-
THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ( AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006
No. 6 OF 2006
[17thMarch, 2006. ]
AnAct further to amend the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty- seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title .
1. This Act may be called the Contempt ofCourts (Amendment) Act, 2006.
70 of 1971.
2. In the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 , for section 13 , the following section shall be substituted , namely:-
Substitution of new section for section 13.
"13. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in
force,-
Contempts not punishablein certain cases .
(a) no court shall impose a sentence under this Act for a contempt of court unless it is satisfied that the contempt is of such a nature that it substantially interferes , or tends substantially to interfere with the due course ofjustice;
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(b) the court may permit, in any proceeding for contempt of court, justification by truth as a valid defence if it is satisfied that it is in public interest and the request for invoking the said defence is bona fide ." .
T. K. VISWANATHAN , Secy. to the Govt. of India .
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