Bare ActsThe Indian Forest Act, 1927

Section 42

Penalty for breach of rules made under section 41

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Penalty for breach of rules made under section 41. —(1) The 4[State Government] may by such rules prescribe as penalties for the contravention thereof imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or both. (2) Such rules may provide that penalties which are double of those mentioned in sub-section (1) may be inflicted in cases where the offence is committed after sunset and before sunrise, or after preparation for resistance to lawful authority, or where the offender has been previously convicted of a like offence.

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