Penalties

(1) Any person who cultivates any prohibited variety in any controlled area in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any notification issued thereunder shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 20 or for a second or subsequent offence with fine which may extend to Rs. 50. (2) Any person who, in any controlled area in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of any notification issued thereunder- (a) mixes or causes to be mixed any standard variety with any other standard variety or with any prohibited or other variety of cotton, or (b) imports, possesses, uses or trades in, any standard variety mixed with any other standard variety or with any prohibited or other variety of cotton, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 5,000. (3) The owner of, or any person in charge of, a factory who contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 4, or fails to comply with any of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 4, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 5,000 and for a second or subsequent offence with fine which may extend to Rs. 10,000.