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Penalty for offences triable by a court - (1) Whoever in contravention of any section of this Act, or of any rule, notification issued or given thereunder or order made, or of any license, permit or pass granted under this (a) manufactures or collects any intoxicant ;or (aa) imports, exports, transports or possession intoxicants, namely, lahan or all liquid consisting of or containing alcohol manufactured otherwise than in a licensed distillery, brewery or bottling plant in the State of Punjab; or (b) constructs or works any distillery or brewery; or (c) uses, keeps or has in his possession any materials, still, utensil, implements or apparatus whatsoever for the purpose of manufacturing any intoxicant other than tari. shall be punishable for every s:\ch offence with imprisonment for a term which may extends to three years [and with fine upto to [twenty five thousand rupees. Provided that in the case of an offence relating to the possession of: (i) a working still for the manufacture of any intoxicant, such imprisonment shall not be less than one year and such fine shall not be less than five thousand rupees; (ii) Lahan, such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and such fine shall not be less than one thousand rupees; (iii) country liquor manufactured otherwise than in a licensed distillery in Punjab, in a quantity not exceeding ten bottles, each bottle containing 750 milliliters, such imprisonment shall not be less than three months and such fine shall not be less than five hundred rupees; and in a quantity exceeding ten bottles of the aforesaid capacity, such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and such fine shall not be less than one thousand rupees; (iv) foreign liquor other than - . (a) manufactured in a licensed distillery or brewery in India; or (b) imported into Indian on which custom duty is leviable under the Indian Tariff Act 1934 or the Customs Act, 1962. (c) such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and such fine shall not be less than two thousand rupees. [(v) foreign liquor manufactured in a distillery or brewery in India, in quantity exceeding ten bottles on which the excise duty or any other levy payable under this Act, has not been paid, such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and such fine shall not be less than two thousand rupees.] (2) Penalty for unlawful import, export, transport, manufacture, possession, sale etc. - Whoever in contravention of any section other than Sections 29 and 30 of this Act or of any rule, notification issued or given there under or order made or of any license, permit or pass granted under this Act- (a) sells any intoxicants; or (b) cultivates the hemp plant; or (c) removes any intoxicant from any distillery, brewery or warehouse established or licensed under this Act; or (d) bottles any liquor for the purposes of sale; or (e) taps or draws tari form any tari producing tree, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and fine which may extend two thousand rupees]. Section 61 for Haryana