அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்புDepartment of Government Printing-இலிருந்து, மாற்றமின்றி
(1)
Any employer in any industry or service who contravenes the provisions of section 3 or section 4 or section 8 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Any person who-
(a)
fails to furnish the competent authority with such assistance as is necessary for any entry or inspection or for the exercise of his powers under section 6;
(b)
hinders or obstructs such authority in the exercise of the powers conferred by that section;
(c)
refuses to produce any register or furnish any information which such authority requires him to produce or furnish;
(d)
makes or causes to be made in any register, any false statement or makes or causes or knowingly permits to be produced, any register containing a false statement to such authority, knowing the same to be false;
(e)
furnishes any information to such authority acting under the powers conferred by that section, knowing the same to be false; or
(f)
fails to comply with any directions given by such authority under section 6, or who, when called upon to furnish a return under that section, knowingly makes or furnishes, or causes to be made or furnished, a return containing any false statement, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.