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Penalties for offences not otherwise provided for :– Any person contravening any provision of this Act or the Rules made thereunder for the contravention of which no special penalty is provided, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. NOTES (1) Section 83. - Conviction under - Liability for punishment under the section would arise only when a person contravenes any provisions of the Act or the Rules made thereunder for the contravention of which no special penalty is provided - In the present case prosecution never indicated as to which provision under the Act or any Rule made thereunder was violated by the petitioner so as to make him liable for punishment under the section - Impugned judgement set aside : 2010 (II) OLR 441 : (2010) 47 OCR 93 : CLT (2010) Supp. Cri. 1660. (2) Section 83 - Odisha Forest Saw Mills and Saw Pits (Control) Rules, 1980 - Rules 3 and 13. Penalty for contravention of the provisions of the Act and rules has been provided under Sec. 83, Rule 13 provides penalty for contravention of any rule or condition, granting licence - In the present case, it was not the case of the prosecution that the saw mill was established without a licence under rule 13 - No provision contravened - Acquittal upheld - (1991) 4 OCR - 15. 53