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General penalty for offences.— Save as is otherwise expressly provided in this Act and subject to the provisions of section 93, if in, or in respect of, any factory there is any contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of any rules made thereunder or of any order in writing given thereunder, the occupier and manager of the factory shall each be guilty of an offence and punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2[two years] or with fine which may extend to 3[one lakh rupees] or with both, and if the contravention is continued after conviction, with a further fine which may extend to 3[one thousand rupees] for each day on which the contravention is so continued: 4[Provided that where contravention of any of the provisions of Chapter IV or any rule made thereunder section 87 has resulted in an accident causing