Failure to take precautions.

Whoever fails without reasonable cause to comply with any of the requirements specified in a notification issued under sub-section (2) of Section 14, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 1,000 or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with both and where the offence is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to Rs. 500 for every day after the first during which such offence continues.