Punishment for default in payment of penalty

Punishment for default in payment of penalty.—(1) Whoever fails to pay the penalty imposed under section 16, within a period of ninety days from the date of receipt of the copy of the order, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and with fine of double the amount imposed as penalty.

1. (2) No Court inferior to that of a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence punishable under sub-section (1).
2. (3) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under sub-section (1), except on the basis of the previous sanction of the officer authorised to impose the penalty and on his written report.