9. Any person who-
(a) contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or of any regulation made thereunder, or |
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(b) furnishes any false information to the competent authority, |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both such fine and imprisonment. |