Amendment of Section 17

Amendment of Section 17. 4. In Section 17 of the Principal Act,-

1. (i) for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely :- "(1) Any employer modifying his standing orders otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, and in the case of a continuing offence with a further fine which shall not be less than one thousand rupees but which may extend to two thousand rupees, for every day after the first during which the offence continues."
2. (ii) for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely :- "(2) Any employer who does any act in contravention of standing order shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, and in the case of a continuing offence with a further fine which shall not be less than one thousand rupees but which may extend to two thousand rupees, for every day after the first during which the offence continues."
3. (iii) for sub-section 3, the following shall be substituted, namely :- "(3) Whoever contravenes the provisions of this Act or of any rule made thereunder, in cases other than those falling under sub-section (2), shall be punished,-

1. (a) with fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees, and in the event of such person being previously convicted of an offence under this Act, with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees; and
2. (b) in the case of a continuing offence with further fine which shall not be less than one thousand rupees but which may extend to two thousand rupees, for every day after the first during which the offence continues."