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Offences:- (1) Any person other than a co-operative society carrying on business under any name or title of which the word "co-operative", or its equivalent in any India language, is part, without the sanction of the Government shall be punishable with the fine which may extend to two thousand rupees and in the cases of a continuing breach with a further fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every day during which the breach is continued after conviction for the first such breach: Provided that if a person, having been convicted of an offence is again guilty of offence punishable under this sub section, shall be punishable for the second or subsequent offence for a term of imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to pay fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees. (2) Any member or past member or the nominee, heir or legal representative of a deceased member of a co-operative society who contravenes the provisions of sections 31 and 32 by disposing of any property in respect of which the society is entitled to have a first charge under that section or do any other act to the (1) Substituted by Punjab Act No. 14 of 2014 [es] prejudice of such claim, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with imprisonment upto three months or both. (3) An officer or member of a co-operative society wilfully making a false return or furnishing false information or any person wilfully or without any reasonable excuse disobeying any summons requisition or lawful written order issued under the provisions of this Act or wilfully failing to display or furnish in the specified manner any information required from him by a person authorized in this behalf under the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees: Provided that if a person, having been convicted of an offence under sub-section (3) is again guilty of an offence punishable under that sub section, he shall be punishable for the second or subsequent offence for aterm of imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to pay fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.] (4) Any employer who, without sufficient cause, fails to pay to a co-operative society the amount deducted by him under section 39 within a period of fourteen days from the date on which such deduction is made shall, without prejudice to any action that may be taken against him under any law for the time being in force, be punishable with fine which may extend to ‘[five thousand] rupees. 2[(5) Any officer or custodian who wilfully fails to handover custody of books, accounts, documents records, cash, security and other property belonging to a co-operative society, of which he is an officer or custodian to a person entitled under sections 26,48,49,50 or 58 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two (1) Substituted by Punjab Act No. 14 of 2014 (2) Substituted by Punjab Act No. 14 of 2014 thousand rupees and in the case of a continuing breach with a further fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees for every day during which the breach is continued after conviction for the first such breach: Provided that if a person, having been convicted of an offence is again guilty of an offence punishable under this sub section, he shall be punishable for the second or subsequent offence for a term of imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to pay fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.] (6) Any person who fraudulently acquires or abets in the acquisition of any such property which is subject to a charge under sections 31 and 32 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to *[two thousand or imprisonment upto three months or with both.] A) Whoever, before during or after any election under this Act:- (a) fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any nomination paper; or (b) fraudulently defaces, destroys or removes any list, notice or other document affixed by or under the authority or a returning officer; or (c) fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot paper or any declaration of identity; or (d) without due authority supplies any ballot paper to any (1) Substituted by Punjab Act No. 14 of 2014 on {2) Added by Punjab Act No. 14 of 2014 person or receives any ballot paper from any person or is in possession of any ballot paper; or (e) fraudulently puts into any ballot box anything other than the ballot paper which he is authorized by law to putin; or (f) without due authority destroys, takes, opens or otherwise interferes, with any ballot box or ballot papers then in use for the purpose of the election ; or (g) fraudulently or without due authority, as the case may be attempts to do any of the foregoing acts or wilfully aids or abets the doing of any such acts; or (h) offers any gift or promises to offer any gratification to any person with the object, directly or indirectly, of inducing,- (i) a person to stand or not to stand as, or to withdraw or not to withdraw from, being a candidate at an election; or (ii) a member to vote or refrain from voting at an election, or as a reward to a person for having so stood or not stood or for having withdrawn or not having withdrawn his candidature; or (iii) a member for having voted or refrained from voting, shall be punishable with imprisonment for aterm which may extend to three months .] SECTION - 72