Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act,1976
Act No : 49
Section :
Power to impose additional fine where article or currency is notavailable for confiscation.
24. Power to impose additional fine where article or currency is not available for confiscation. Notwithstanding any thing contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (2 of 1974.) the Court trying a person who, in relation to any article or currency, whether Indian or foreign does or omits to do any act which act or omission would render, such article or currency liable to confiscation under this Act, may, in the event of the conviction of such person for the act or omission aforesaid, impose on such person a fine not exceeding five times the value of the article or currency or one thousand rupees, whichever is more, if such article or currency is not available for confiscation, and the fine so imposed shall be in addition to any other fine which may be imposed on such person under this Act.
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