Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rule, regulation or notification made thereunder shall, if no penalty is provided for the offence be punishable for the first offence with fine which may extend to 1"five hundred rupees/", and for any second or subsequent offence with fine which may extend to 2"one thousand and five hundred rupees"..
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1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 58, for one hundred rupees (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).2. Subs. by s. 58, ibid., for three hundred rupees (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
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