Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Whoever is'found ,to have been in possessidrl of any electric supply-line rnateriales possession of reasonably,suspected qf having ,been ,stolen o; ~~qlawfully obtaincd or retained shall, eleclr!c unless he pro3es. that, he was 'in ,lawful - p'dssesfioh oF.such rngerials, shall be puni- s up~ly-1 h e shable,- . . . , .. . , . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . - ,, . matcrial. . . (a) for the fist oKence, with imprisonment of cither description for a term which may extend to three years and witn fine and- in the abhence of speciaI and adequate Ieasons to be recorded in the judgement OF the I Court, such imprisclnment sllall not be less than two years and such Rne shall not bc less than o nc thousand rupees ; . . I : I . . , 1. {b) for the second or, subsequeni offence with imprisonment of either descrip- ' - 1 tion for a term,which may extend to five years and also with tine and in the absenw of special and adequate rysons to be mentioned in 97 judg* ment of the Court, such irnprikonment shall not be 'lkss than three years and such fine shall not be Iess than two thousand rupees. ' . 1 , ,,; ' Non-produc+ tion the _ -