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| (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any provisions of any other law, every person guilty of an offence under this Act shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable
| | (i) in the case of an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 45 to a fine not exceeding four thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment; and | | |
| | (ii) in the case of an offence referred to in each of the paragraphs (c) to (h) of subsection (1) of section 45 to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment ; and | | |
| | (iii) in the case of an offence referred to in paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 45 to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. | | |
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| (2) Whenever any person is convicted of an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (6) of subsection (1) of section 45, or of a contravention of subsection (2) of section 43, the court may, in addition to any other penalty which it may impose, order that all or any part of the goods in respect of which the offence was committed be forfeited to the State and the goods so ordered to be forfeited shall be disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct. |
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