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(b) for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment of either description which may extend to five years or with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees, or with both. If the person contravening any of the provisions of this Act is an undivided Hindu family or a company or an unincorporated body, the person responsible for the management of the business of such family, company or body shall be deemed to be guilty of such contravention. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, offence punishable under,- (a) sections 39 and 41, for contravening provisions of section 4, and (b) section 42, for contravening provisions of section 23, and (c) . section 45, for molestation, shall be cognizable. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no debtor who cultivates land personally and whose debts does not exceed fifteen thousand rupees shall be arrested or imprisoned in execution of a decree for money passed in favour of a money-lender, whether before or after the date on which this Act comes into force.