Penalties

(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of Sub-section (1) of Section 3 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both. (2) Whoever- (a) in contravention of any provisions of this Actor any of the Rules made thereunder other than Sub-section 1 of section 3 or Rules made thereunder prospects, mines and stores. produces any mineral oil or imports, exports, stores, refines or blends any petroleum or (b) being for the time being in control or incharge of any place where an mineral is being prospected, stored or produced or is under transport imported, refined or blended contravenes any provision or this Act or any rule made thereunder or suffers any such provision to be contravene d or refuses or neglects to show to any officer authorised under this Act or any rule made thereunder, any receptacle, plant or appliance used in such place in connection with any mineral or in way obstructs or fails to render reasonable assistance to such officer during inspection. (c) being required to give information of an accident, fails to give such information shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. (3) in any case in which an offence under Sub-section (2) has been committed, the convicting Magistrate or other authority to which he is subordinate may direct that the mineral in respect of which the offence has been committed, shall, together with the receptacles in which is contained, shall be confiscated, (4) Any rule made under any provision of this Act may provide that any contravention thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both, and in the case of a continuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extent, to one thousand rupees for every day during which such contravention continued after conviction for the first such contravention,