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(1) Any parent against whom an order has been passed under section 9, and who without reasonable excuse as defined in section 8 has failed to obey such order, shall on conviction before a magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding five rupees. (2) Any parent who having been convicted of an offence under sub-section (1) continues to disobey the order passed under section 9 shall be liable to a further fine not exceeding one rupee for every day, after the date of the first conviction, during which he is proved in a subsequent proceeding taken before a magistrate to have persisted in disobeying the order. Penalty for employing child liable to attend primary school