17. Amendment of section 21 of the principal enactment

Section 21 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

in subsection (1) thereof, by the substitution for the word “import,” of the words “import, export,”;

in subsection (5) thereof, by the substitution for the words commencing from “to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees” to the end of that subsection of the words “to a fine not exceeding one million rupees or to an imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment and in the event of the offence being committed continuously, to a fine of one thousand five hundred rupees for each day on which the offence is so committed after conviction.”.