Penalty

(1) Whoever contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of the provisions of section 3 or 5 shall be guilty of an offence punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to two year or with fine which may extend to Rs. 1,000 or with both. (2) Whoever fails to lodge the information in the manner and within the time stated in sub-section (2) of section 4 shall be guilty of an offence punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to Rs. 200 or with both. (3) In any trail for an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the burden of providing that the slaughtered cow belonged to the class specified in class (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 shall be on the accused. (1) This clause prescribes the penalties that can be inflicted upon persons who contravene the provisions of section 3 or 5 of the Act. (2) This sub-clause prescribes the penalties that can be inflicted upon persons who contravene the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 4. (3) This sub-clause lays down that in a trial under this Act, the accused has to prove that the slaughtered cow was suffering from contagious or infectious disease.