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Every employer and in his absence the Manager shall; on demand, produce for inspection to an Inspector all registers, records and notices required to be kept under -nd for the purposes of this Act. CHAPTER X OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 73· Save as otherwise provided in this Chapter, whoever being an employer or manager of an establishment contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder shall- (a) on first conviction, be punished with fine which shall not be less than fifty rupees and may extend to five hundred rupees; and (b) for second and subsequent conviction for contravening the same provision of this Act or rules made thereunder, shall be punished with fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and may extend to one thou- sand rupees. 74-. If any employer or manager with intention to deceive, makes, or causes or. allowS to be made, in any register, record or notice prescribed to be maintained under the pro- visions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, and entry which, to his knowledge, is false in any material particular, or wilfully omits, or causes or allows to be omitted, from any such register, record or notice, an entry which is required to be made therein under the provisions of this Act or the rules made tereunder or maintains or Causes or allows to be maintained, more than one set of any register, record or notice except the office copy of such notice, or sends or causes or allowd to be sent, to the Chief Inspector or Inspector any statement, information or notice prescribed to be sent under the pro- visions of this Act, or the rules made therunder which to his knowledge is false in any material parti cul ar , he shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment not exceeding six months or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both. 7t;. Whoever wilfully obstructs the Chief Inspector or an Inspector in the exercise of any power under this Act or rules made thereunder or conceals or prevents any employer in an establishment from appearing before or being. examined by the Chief Ins pector or an Inspector, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and which may extend to one thousand rupees.