section 15
Punishment
The Haryana Registration and Regulation of Travel Agents Act, 2025General202522 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Whoever attempts or is found involved in human smuggling or in the preparation of forged documents, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine not less than two lakh rupees but which may extend to five lakh rupees. Explanation.- For the purpose of this sub-section forged documents includes a false document or electronic record made wholly or in part by forgery.
- (2) Whoever undertakes the profession of travel agent without obtaining a registration certificate under the provisions of this Act or contravenes the provisions of this Act or keeps or uses the device in contravention of this Act, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be two lakh rupees but which may extend to five lakh rupees.
- (3) Whoever abets or is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit any offence punishable under this Act shall, if that offence is not committed in consequence of such abetment or criminal conspiracy, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one-fourth part of the longest term and with fine provided for such offence under this Act.
- (4) Whoever having been convicted of an offence under any provision of this Act is again convicted of an offence under the same provision, shall be punished for the second and for each subsequent offence, with double the penalty provided for that offence.
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