Penalties for establishing or maintaining mental health establishment in contravention of provisions of this Act

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(1) Any person who establishes or maintains a mental health establishment in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder, shall be punishable with a fine which may extend to five lakh rupees for the first contravention, and in the case of a continuing contravention, with a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees for every day during which the contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention.
(2) Any person who—
- (a) knowingly acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, or any lawful order or direction of the Authority or Board; or
- (b) obstructs any person acting under the orders or direction of the Authority or Board; or
- (c) manipulates or tampers with the records or registers or digital data of the mental health establishment, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.
(3) If any person specified in sub-section (2) repeats the offence, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or with both.

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