Section 42
Penalty for contravention of order relating to control of price and distribution.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the control by the Union of the Tea industry, including the control, in pursuance of the International Agreement now in force, of the cultivation of tea in, and of the export of tea from, India and for that purpose to establish a Tea Board and levy a duty of excise on tea produced in India.
Whoever contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of
the provisions of this Act or of any rules made thereunder other than the provisions, punishment for the
contravention whereof has been provided for in sections 36, 37, 38, 39 and 41 shall be punishable with
imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or
with both, and in the case of a continuing contravention with an additional fine which may extend to five
hundred rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first
such contravention.