Food Safety and Standards Act : Punishment for obstructing or impersonating a Food Safety Officer.

Food Safety and Standards Act,2006

Act No : 34

Section : Punishment for obstructing or impersonating a Food Safety Officer.

62. Punishment for obstructing or impersonating a Food Safety Officer. - If a person without reasonable excuse, resists, obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, impersonate, threaten, intimidate or assault a Food Safety Officer in exercising his functions under this Act, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months and also with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.