Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Any person contravening the provisions vention Of contained in section 3 ..shall, without prejudice to the provi- any civil liability, be uuishable with imprisonment of fions of section 3. either description w g ich may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or witlid both. : . . . , Erewidad that; in cue: the! offence is. committed in: r,@psct : af 51; t~lim~,. a woman, on a., person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled xr;ibes> :tilei ~unlsuuea!, shiS be: imprisonment to the- extsnt' 68 two YQaLSi and h e up-to .ten thou- sand rupees. off4p~e. tQ. M &*I.- 5, an offence.mde~this Act shaU be cognizable mW* m . and sbsj! not be- i'svestigated by an Officer below . the rank of an Inspector of Police. Pmsacution