Section VI. And it is hereby enacted, that except in cases already provided for by Section XVIII. Regulation VII

VI. And it is hereby enacted, that except in cases already provided for by Section XVIII. Regulation VII. of 1824, if any person or persons shall by threats or violence prevent the lawful arrest of any person by an Officer duly authorized to seize illicit stills, fermented or spirituous liquors, or intoxicating drugs and materials for the manufacture of the same, or shall procure by unlawful means his release after arrest, or shall obstruct any Officer duly authorized in making search for or seizure of any of the above mentioned illicit articles, or shall rescue such articles after seizure, or if the party found with any such illicit articles in possession, or any other person or persons shall resist such Officer in the execution of a legal process, such person or persons shall severally and respectively be liable on conviction before a Magistrate, to be sentenced for the same to pay a fine not exceeding 500 Rupees, commutable, if not paid, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, provided that such person or persons shall be further liable, in the event of an affray or breach of the peace occurring, in consequence of his or their resistance, on conviction of the same before a competent tribunal to such punishment as is prescribed in the general rules applicable to cases of affray and breach of the peace in addition to the penalties above prescribed for the resistance of process.