Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act : PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENTION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,1974

Act No : 6

Section : PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENTION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT

SECTION 45A: PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENTION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT

Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or fails to comply with any order or direction given under this Act, for which no penalty has been elsewhere provided in this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both, and in the case of continuing contravention or failure, with an additional fine which may extend to five thousand rupees for every day during which such contravention or failure continues after conviction for the first such contravention or failure.]