Penalty for employing child to whom scheme applies

Whoever knowingly takes into his employment, either on his own behalf or on behalf of any person, any child in respect of whom the provisions of section 9 apply, so as to interfere with the education or instruction of such child shall, subject to the provisions of section 26, on conviction, be punished with a fine not exceeding twenty-five rupees and in the case of a continuing contravention with an additional fine not exceeding rupee one for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first of such contraventions.