Offences and Penalties

(1) Where any person contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rule, order or direction made or given thereunder, the Controller may, after affording such person an opportunity of being heard, direct him to pay a penalty a sum not exceeding five hundred rupees and if the contravention is a continuing one, to pay a penalty not exceeding one hundred rupees for each day after the first during which the contravention continues. (2) In addition to the penalty specified in sub-section (1) the Controller may direct that any stock of molasses in respect of which the Controller is satisfied that the contravention has taken place, shall be forfeited to the Government in whole or in part. (3) An appeal against the order of the Controller passed under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall lie to the Financial Commissioner, Taxation, within thirty days of the date of passing of such order and in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.