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| (1) Every person who-
| | (a) contravenes or fails to comply with any section or provision of this Act or any regulations made thereunder or any order or directions lawfully given under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence under this Act; | | |
| | (b) aids or abets any person or persons in the commission of an offence under this Act shall be guilty of an offence under this Act; | | |
| | (bb) contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of any Order made by the Minister under section 5c shall be guilty of an offence under this Act; | | |
| | (c) attempts to commit or does any act preparatory to or in furtherance of the commission of an offence under this Act shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. | | |
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| (2) Every person who commits an offence under this Act shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate-
| | (a) for the first offence be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or both such imprisonment and fine; | | |
| | (b) for a subsequent offence, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years, and shall, in addition, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees. | | |
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| (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, every offence under this Act shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning and for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code. |
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