Penalties.

Save as otherwise provided in this Act, any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or the rules, by-laws or regulations made or any order or direction issued thereunder, shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees and in the case of continuing contravention with an additional fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention: Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reason to the contrary to be recorded in the judgment of the Court, the fine shall not be less than five hundred rupees.