Penalties:

Any Person who contravenes the provision of this Act shall be punished according to the severity of an offence. The punishment for an offence may be categorized as follows:-(a) Failure to comply with the provisions of Section 4,5,8,9, 12 and 16 on conviction shall be punishable with simple imprisonment which may extend upto three months or a fine upto Rs. 10,000/- or both and in default to pay the fine simple imprisonment for a period of 30 (thirty) days.(b) Failure to comply with the provisions of Sections 17, 18, and 20 on conviction shall be punishable with simple imprisonment upto three months or a fine upto Rs. 10,000/- or both and in default to pay the fine simple imprisonment for a period of 30 (thirty) days.(c) Failure to comply with the provisions of Sections 23,26,32 and 33 on conviction shall be a punishable with simple imprisonment upto a period of one month or a fine upto Rs. 5,000/- or both and in default imprisonment for a period of 20 (twenty) days.(d) Failure to comply with the provisions of Sections 6 and 19 on conviction shall be an offence punishable with simple imprisonment upto a period of one month or a fine upto Rs. 2,000/- or both.(e) For any second and subsequent offence the punishment on conviction shall be double of the penalties prescribed at (a), (b), (c) and (d) above respectively.