Chapter VIII OFFENCES AND PENALTY

1. (1) No person other than a person registered under this Act shall practice as a Para Veterinary and Allied Technician.
2. (2) Any person who acts in contravention of this section shall on conviction be punishable.-
   • (a) In the case of a first offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees; and
   • (b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, but which shall not be less than three months and with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees, but which may extend to five thousand rupees.
3. (3) No Para Veterinary and Allied Technician shall violate the provision of section 30 (b) of the Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984 (Central Act No.52 of 1984).

1. (1) No dispensary, hospital, infirmary, Lying–in-operation theatre, laboratory or other similar institutions etc., shall employee any person as a Para Veterinary Technician unless such person is a Para Veterinary Technician registered under this Act.
2. (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousands rupees.

1. (1) Save as provided by the Act or the rules made there under no person shall confer, grant or issue or hold himself out as entitled to confer, grant or issue any diploma certificate or other document stating or implying that the holder, grantee or recipient thereof is qualified to practice as a Para Veterinary Technician.
2. (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees and if the person so contravenes in an Association who knowingly or willfully authorizes or permit the contravention shall, on conviction be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.

1. (1) No person shall add to his name any title, letters or abbreviations, which imply that he holds diploma license or certificate as his qualification to practice as a Para Veterinary and Allied Technician, unless,-
   • (a) He has actually received such diploma or license or certificate; and,
   • (b) Such diploma, license or certificate is recognized by any law for the time being in force in the State, or has been conferred or granted or issued by an authority appointed under this Act.
2. (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall on conviction be punishable, in the case of first offence, with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees and in the case of a second or subsequent offences, with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees.

1. (1) All offences under this Act are triable by a Judicial Magistrate of First Class.
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub- section (1), no court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act except with the previous sanction of the Council or of an Officer authorized by the Council in this behalf.

No act done or action taken, in exercise of any of the powers conferred by or under this Act, by the Government or the Council or the Executive Committee or the Secretary shall be called in question in any Civil Court.

The Secretary of the Council may compound any offence punishable under this Act before their cognizance by the Court, on payment of a sum which may not be less than the minimum of the fine stipulated for such offence but may extend to the maximum of the fine stipulated for such offence by way of composition of the offence: Provided that no such compounding shall be permitted in the case of a second or subsequent offence.