Section 27:
Penalties.
1[(1)] Where a trader or a person against whom a complaint is made 2[or the
complainant] fails or omits to comply with any order made by the District Forum, the State Commission
or the National Commission, as the case may be, such trader or person 2[or complainant] shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one month but which may extend to
three years, or with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees but which may extend to ten
thousand rupees, or with both:
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4[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the
District Forum or the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, shall have the
power of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class for the trial of offences under this Act, and on such
conferment of powers, the District Forum or the State Commission or the National Commission, as the
case may be, on whom the powers are so conferred, shall be deemed to be a Judicial Magistrate of the
first class for the purpose of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
(3) All offences under this Act may be tried summarily by the District Forum or the State
Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be.]
Notes:
1. S. 27 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 62 of 2002, s. 23 (w.e.f. 15-3-2003).
2. Ins. by Act 50 of 1993, s. 21 (w.e.f. 18-6-1993).
3. Proviso omitted by Act 62 of 2002, s. 23 (w.e.f. 15-3-2003).
4. Ins. by s. 23, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-3-2003).