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Penalties.—Any employer who contravenes any provisions of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder shall, if no other penalty is provided for the offence, be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees for the first offence and to five hundred rupees for every subsequent offence after the first conviction. Comments & Case-law [A person cannot he convicted under this section if the nature of work was such Secs. 31-34 | Bihar Shops & Establishments Act, 1953 | 39 40| Bihar Shops & Establishments Act, 1953 | Secs. 34-35 which possibly could not he operated from one permanent location. Radha Kant Singh Roy vs. State of Bihar, 1977 BBCJ 35]. It is necessary to get the clerical department of factory registered under the Shops Act even though the factory and its clerical department are located in the same premises and the factory is registered under the Factories Act. The violation attracts penal provision. Asstt. Inspector of Labour vs. General Manager, 1983 Lab. IC 348. Engaging casual labour with an object to deprive workmen of their temporary or permanent status is an unfair labour practice calling for prosecution. Prem Chand vs. State of H.P., 1988 (2) SLJ 17. Disproportionate punishment attracts the provisions of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. Shashi Kant Prasad vs. B.S.F. & C.S.C., 1989 BLJ 101.]