Penalties

Any Person who contravenes any provisions of this Act shall be punished accordingly as the punishment for the offence may be categorized as: (1) Any contravention of the provisions of section 6 and 7 shall be an offence and shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a period which may extend to 6 months or fine which may extend to Rs. 20,000 or both and in default to pay the fine is simple imprisonment for a period of 20 days. (2) Any contravention of the provisions of section 9 and 12 shall be an offence and shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a period which may extend to 6 months or fine which may extend to Rs. 10,000 or both and in default to pay the fine is simple imprisonment for a period of 20 days. (3) Any contravention of the provisions of section 15, 18, 24 and 25 shall be an offence and shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a period of 15 days or fine of Rs. 5,000 or both in default to pay the fine simple imprisonment for 15 days. (4) Any person for second and subsequent offences of the offences under the Act, shall be punishable with twice the punishment for a period for the offence, the court may impose and fine and other such penalty as the state Government may amend or change by way of issue of Notification by the Government.