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According to Section 6 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, nothing contained in…

Section 6 preserves any proceeding that could lawfully be instituted or taken apart from the Act. It does not authorise double punishment prohibited by Article 20(2), a…

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According to Section 6 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, nothing contained in this Act shall exempt any person from:

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Section 6 preserves any proceeding that could lawfully be instituted or taken apart from the Act. It does not authorise double punishment prohibited by Article 20(2), a retrial otherwise barred after acquittal or proceedings without jurisdiction; the saving operates within the other laws’ limits.

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