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Contravening notification under section 3 ( 1) (b) .to be an offence and punishment therefor-If any person contravenes a notification under sectton 3, sub.settion (1), clause (b), of thiS Act prohrbrting or restricting the removal of any plant from one place to another, he shall be deemed to have commrtted an offence under thrs Act. Any one convicted by a MagiStrate of such an offence shall, in addition to confiscation and destructiOn of the plant in respect of which the offence was committed, be habe to fine not exceeding fifty rupees or m default to simple im- prisonment for a penod not exceeding ten days ..