Substitution of section 233

For section 233 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— “233. Whoever disobeys any lawful direction or prohibition given by the Committee by the public notice under this Act or any written notice lawfully issued by it thereunder, or fails to comply with the conditions subject to which any permission was given by the committee to him under those powers, shall, if the disobedience or omission is not an offence punishable under any other section, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees but which shall not be less than fifty rupees, and, in the case of a continuing breach, with a further fine which may extend to twenty five rupees for every day after the first during which the breach continues: Provided that when the notice fixes a time within which a certain act is to be done and no time is specified in this Act, it shall rest with the magistrate to determine whether the time so fixed is a reasonable time within the meaning of this Act.”.