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Nothing in this Act shalI affect the following categories of debts and liabilities debts, of scheduled debtor-- 11 abil~rlen n a ~ to be {a) any liability in respect of maintenance whether uudcr a decree of a muat effected . or not; (b) any debt due to- (0 the Central Government or any State Government, (ii) any local authority, (iii) any bank, (iv) any co-operative society ; (c) any rent due in respect of any property let out lo a debtor; (4 any liability arising of breach of trust or any tortuous liability; (e) any liability In respect of wages or remuneration due as aalary or othemse for services rendered; and (fl any debt which represen1s the Price of goods pwhaged by a debtor. Penalds . 1[6. (1) If any person w W y contravenm any provision-of this Act or of any rnlo made thereunder, or fatls to comply with any lawful order made thmeandur or contravenes any such order, he shall be punishable with imprisonment of eithw description which may extend to two years or with b e wach may extend to two t h o a d rupees or with both. (2) The State Government may coder, on an Bxecutive MagisCrate, the powers of a Judicial Magistrate OF the h t Class or of the semnd &ss for trial of offences. mder sub-section (1) , and on such conferment of the powers, the Execudvo Magistrate, on whom the powers are so waferred, shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Code of Cnminal Procedure. 1973, to be a Judidd Magistrate of of 19,1 the first claw or of the second class, as the w may be :