Section 42: Penalty for breach of rules made under section 41

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42. Penalty for breach of rules made under section 41. ___(1) The 1[Provincial Government] may by such rules prescribe as penalties for the contravention thereof imprisonmen t for a term which may extend to six months, or fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or both. (2) Such rules may provide that penalties which are double of those mentioned in sub -section (1) may be inflicted in cases where the offence is committ ed after sunset and before sunrise, or after preparation for resistance to lawful authority, or where the offender has been previously convicted of a like offence.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

Related sections

Section 41A: Powers of Federal Government as to movements of timber across Customs Section 43: Government and Forest -officers not liable for damage to forest -produce at depot Section 41: Power to make rules to regulate transit of forest produce Section 44: All persons bound to aid in case of accidents at depot Section 40: Limit not to apply to purchase money or royalty Section 45: Certain kinds of timber to be deemed property of Government until title thereto

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