Complex sentence: Under the new amendments, the Press and Publication Department (PPD) was given more powers to regulate the publications and the press, PPD was authorized to exercise censorship over the publications allowing it and the government to have an ultimate control over all media bodies.
Split into simpler sentences: Under the new amendments the Press and Publication Department (PPD) was given more powers to regulate the publications and the press. Moreover PPD was also authorized to exercise censorship over the publications allowing it and the government to have an ultimate control over all media bodies.