Section 34

Except in the case of a person charged under sections 20, 30,

33(5) or 44 and of a person arrested under section 32, a prosecution under this Act shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Public

Prosecutor:

Provided that the person charged with any such 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 the consent of the Public Prosecutor to the institution of a prosecution for the offence has not been obtained, but the case shall not be further prosecuted until that consent has been obtained.

When a person is brought before a court under this section before the Public Prosecutor has consented to the prosecution, the charge shall be explained to him but he shall not be called upon to plead, and the provisions of the law relating to criminal procedure shall be modified accordingly.

In any prosecution under this Act, a certificate sealed with the seal of the Registrar and purporting to be signed by the Registrar that a society is or is not a registered society or, having been registered, has been dissolved shall be admitted as conclusive evidence of the facts stated in such certificate.

Articles seized liable to forfeiture.