6. of 31 of the incipal

Section 3t of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for all the words from “and shall be liable” to the end of that section, of the words “‘and shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written

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law, be liable on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.