Penalty

23.

1. (1) Any applicant who makes an application for obtaining clearance under section 10 and signs and furnishes a self certified documents to the Single Window Agency under section 11 by corruptly using or attempting to use false or fabricated documents or indulge in any activities of forgery in order to get clearance under this Act, he shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished under appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
2. (2) Any entrepreneur who fails to comply with the conditions or undertaking in the self certification given to the Single Window Agency or the competent authority as the case may be, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty thousand rupees and shall also be debarred for a period of 5(five) years from the date of such punishment in obtaining any clearance from the State Government.
3. (3) The relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall apply in case of the offences committed under sub-section
4. (1) and
5. (2) of this section.