Penalty for Disobedience, Obstruction and Refusal of Information

(1) The District Registering Authority or any other person duly authorized by such authority, within its respective jurisdiction, is empowered to make inspection of any establishment, at all reasonable time and the Clinical Establishments are liable to show cause for disobedience, obstruction and refusal of information for the first instance; (2) If no reply is received in stipulated time or the reply is not satisfactory, the District Registering Authority, on recording of the reasons of his findings in writing, shall have the power to impose and realize fine, which may extend to Rs. 10,000/- with the prior approval of the Director, Family Welfare & Preventive Medicine; (3) If any clinical establishment, doesn't reply to the show cause or fails to pay the fine, within 30 days, the registration of the establishment may be cancelled, with the prior approval of the Director, Family Welfare & Preventive Medicine.