General penalty

General penalty 10. Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, if there is any contravention by the employer of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder or of any order in writing given under this Act, he shall be liable to a penalty which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees, but which may extend upto fifty thousand rupees, and if the contravention is still continued after the conviction, then, with further penalty which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day till the time contravention is so continued.