Offences and penalties.

(1) Any person having a certificate of registration under sections 4 and 5 of this Act has failed to maintain the prescribed standards relating to bovine breeding activities laid down by the State Government and the Central Government, from time to time, shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees. further amount not exceeding one thousand rupees for every day during which the non-compliance or violation continues. (2) Whoever carries out any of the bovine breeding activities without holding a certificate of registration or carry on production activity of frozen semen from other than the certified bulls or breeding activities with misbranded semen or contravenes any of the provisions of this Act, shall on conviction, be punished with a simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both. (3) Any person resorts to any sort of advertisement or publicity misrepresenting the facts about the type and nature of services for which he has been granted the certificate of registration, shall on conviction, be punished with a simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two lakh rupees, or with both. (4) The Authority or officer authorised by the Authority shall be entitled to impose fine under sub-sections (1) and (2) and other fines or charges as may be specified by rules for non-compliance or violation of any conditions of the registration, renewals of license of the provisions or requirements of this Act or rules made thereunder and license conditions, directions or orders of the Authority made from time to time. (5) The fines or charges which may be imposed by the Authority or officer authorised by the Authority under this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation or any other liability, which the person guilty of violation or non-compliance, may have incurred.