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.