Destruction of Cotton waste and penalty therefore.

(1) Every owner of a cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory, shall before the commencement of work in the factory during a cotton season, destroy the cotton waste of the previous season and shall obtain a certificate to this effect from the authority prescribed in this behalf. (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punishable with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.