16. Section 109 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor ;"
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| | (1) Subject as hereinafter provided, any person guilty of an offence under this Ordinance for which no express penalty is provided shall be liable-
| | | (a) in the case of a first offence, to a fine not less than five thousand rupees ; |
| (b) in the case of a second offence (not being an offence in respect of a continuation of" an offence referred to in subsection (2)), to a fine not less than five thousand rupees but not exceeding twelve thousand five hundred rupees ; |
| (c) in the cast of a third or subsequent offence (not being an offence in respect of a continuation of an offence referred to in subsection (2) to a fine exceeding twelve thousand five hundred rupees but not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees. |
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| | (2) Where any person convicted of an offence and punished under subsection (1) continues the contravention in respect of which he was so convicted and punished he shall, (subject to the provisions of section 110) be guilty of a further offence and liable in respect thereof to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees for each day on which such contravention was so continued.". | | |
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