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| (1) Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provisions of this Law or of any regulations made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence under this Law. |
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| (2) Every person who is guilty of an offence under this Law other than an offence under section 42 shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine. |
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| (3) Where a person committing an offence under this Law is a company or other body corporate, or an association of persons (whether incorporated or not) or a firm, every director, manager, secretary, agent or other officer or person concerned with the management thereof, and every partner of the firm shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent, be deemed to be guilty of such offence. |
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