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(1) If any owner or user of a well contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or Rules made thereunder or fails to comply with the rules, in furnishing any information in the manner prescribed, he shall be punishable,-- (i) with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for the first offence; and, (ii) with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees for the second and subsequent offences. (2) If for the unauthorised digging or construction or use of wells any user of ground water or the owner of a well,-- (a) contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or fails to comply with the same; or (b) obstructs the Authority or any other person authorised by it in exercising any of the powers under this Act, he shall be punishable,-- (i) with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees for first offence; and (ii) with imprisonment upto six months or a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees for the second or subsequent offences.