Chapter III PENALTIES

Penalties for offences under this Act.-Any person-

1. (a) who contravenes the provisions of section 3, or
2. (b) who contravenes the provisions of sub-section

1. (2) of section 7, or
   • (c) who, being the holder of a licence granted under this Act in respect of any nursing home or clinical establishment, uses or allows such nursing home or clinical establishment to be used for unsocial or immoral purposes, shall be guilty of an offence and shall,-
     • (i) on conviction for a first offence, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and
     • (ii) on conviction for a second or subsequent offence, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both, and shall in addition be liable to fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees for everyday for which the offence continues after conviction.

Offence by Corporations.-Where a person committing an offence under this Act is a company or other body corporate or an association of persons (whether incorporated or not), every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director, manager, secretary, agent or other officer or person concerned with the management thereof shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, be deemed to be guilty of such offence.

Penalty for serving in an unlicensed and unregistered nursing home or clinical establishment.-Any person who knowingly serves in a nursing home or clinical establishment which is not duly registered and licensed under this Act or which is used for unsocial or immoral purposes, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.