Penalty for unlawful importation, etc

Penalty for unlawful importation, etc.--

1. (1) Whoever,--
   • (a) commits a breach of any rule made under section 2 or section 4, or
   • (b) imports into the State, without a licence, white arsenic the importation of which is for the time being restricted under section 3, or
   • (c) breaks any condition of a licence for the sale of white arsenic granted to him under section 3, shall be punishable,--
     • (i) on a first conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both, and
     • (ii) on a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
2. (2) Any poison in respect of which an offence has been committed under this section, together with the vessels, packages or coverings in which the same is found, and, in the case of any offence mentioned in clause
   • (b) or clause
   • (c) of sub-section (1), any animals and conveyances used in carrying it, shall be liable to confiscation.