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If any person is found or is proved to have been in possession of- (a) any drug having any seal or mark on it or on packages or containers thereof indicating that it belongs to the Health Department, the, Animal Husbandry Department or the Department of indigenous Medicine of the Government of Kerala, or having such seal or mark removed, defaced or in any manner tampered with; or (b) other stores including, such stores the seal or mark over which has been removed, defaced or in any manner tampered with, and which is or are reasonably suspected of being stolen or unlawfully obtained, such person shall, if he cannot account satisfactorily as to how, he came into possession thereof, be punished with imprisonment for astern which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years and with find which shall not be less than one, thousand rupees; Provided that the court may for any adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in the Judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than six months or of fine of less than one thousand rupees or of both imprisonment for a term of less than six months and fine of less than one thousand rupees.