THE MYANMAR OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT. (3) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act unless upon complaint made by order of, or under authority from, the President of the Union, or some officer empowered by the President of the Union in this behalf: Provided that a person charged with such an offence may be arrested, or a warrant for his arrest may be issued and executed, and any such person may be remanded in custody or on bail, notwithstanding that such complaint has not been made, but no further or other proceedings shall be taken until such complaint has been made. (4) For the purposes of the trial of a person for an offence under this Act, the offence may be deemed to have been committed either at the place in which the same actually was committed or at any place in the Union of Myanmar in which the offender may be found. <Amendment 18.06.1989> Exclusion of public from proceedings. 14. In addition and without prejudice to any powers which a Court may possess to order the exclusion of the public from any proceedings, if in the course of proceedings before a Court against any person for an offence under this Act or the proceedings on appeal, or in the course of the trial of a person under this Act, application is made by the prosecution, on the ground that the publication of any evidence to be given or of any statement to be made in the course of the proceedings would be prejudicial to the safety of the State, that all or any portion of the public shall be excluded during any part of the hearing, the Court may make an order to that effect, but the passing of sentence shall in any case take place in public. Offences by companies, etc. 15. Where the person guilty of an offence under this Act is a company or corporation, every director and officer of the company or corporation with whose knowledge and consent the offence was committed shall be guilty of the like offence. Page 8 of 8