than police chief to obtain a warrant to enter and search location of the printing press, or the place suspected to be the location of the printing press. If the police officer is of the opinion that any printing press found in such a place is producing newspapers, articles, journals, magazines, books or other published printed materials published in contravention of the points enacted in this law or is used for the production of newspapers, articles, journals, magazines, books or other published printed materials published in contravention of the points enacted in this law, then that police officer may seize the printing press. Besides this, he may also seize files and documents if he thinks they are newspapers, articles, journals, magazines, books or other published printed materials published in contravention of the points enacted in this law. (2) Besides submitting a report of any such search to the court which issued the search warrant, the police officer must also submit all objects seized to that court. Exception: H ​ owever, if a printing press which has been seized cannot easily be moved, then the police officer may submit to the court only certain parts of the press, as he deems appropriate. (3) After the court has carried out the investigations it considers necessary, if it considers that the printing press has been used to produce newspapers, articles, journals, magazines, books or other published printed materials published in contravention of the points enacted in this law, it can order the press to be confiscated as property of the state. If the court does not reach this conclusion after carrying out the investigations it considers necessary, then the printing press is to be dealt with using the methods set out in Articles 523, 524 and 525 of the Criminal Legal Code. (4) Any documents and records brought before the court are to be dealt with according to the provisions set out in Article 14, Subsection (4). Part 8 Punishments 16. Punishments concerning Articles 3, 11 and 12. Any person who fails to comply with the regulations set out in Articles 3, 11 and 12 or who contravenes them shall either be sentenced to a term of imprisonment no longer than three years or required to pay a fine of no more than two thousand ​kyat, ​or both. 17. The punishment for printing or publishing without registration as set out in Article 6. Any person who sets up printing enterprise or a publishing business before first registering it according to the provisions in Article 6 shall either be sentenced to a term of imprisonment no longer than three years or required to pay a fine of no more than two thousand ​kyat, ​or both.

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