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| (1) Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| (2) Every person guilty of an offence under this Act other than an offence specified in subsection (3) or subsection (4) or subsection (5) shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. |
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| (3) Any person who-
| | (a) resists or obstructs the Authority or any Petroleum Controller, Deputy or Assistant Petroleum Controller or any authorized officer, acting under any provision of this Act; or | | |
| | (b) fails or refuses to furnish any return required by or under this Act to be furnished by him, or makes in any return or in any application made under this Act, any entry or statement which is to his know-ledge false or incorrect; or | | |
| | (c) having obtained a permit upon the representation that the petroleum product to be purchased or obtained thereunder is required for any specified purpose, uses such product for any other purpose; or | | |
| | (d) fails or refuses to comply with any direction issued by the Authority acting under any provision of this Act, | | |
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| (4) Any person who acts in contravention of any regulation made under this Act or of the terms of any permit issued under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees. |
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| (5)
| | (a) Where any measuring instrument kept or maintained at any retail depot is found at any time upon inspection and testing under section 15 or section 15 read with section 18 or section 21 or section 23 or section 25 or section 27 or section 29 to be false, the person for the time being in charge of the retail depot shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. | | |
| | (b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), a measuring instrument shall be deemed to be false if it does not deliver correctly within such limits of error as may be prescribed by regulation. | | |
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