State Act

The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960

147. Punishments for offences under section 146.— Every society, officer or past officer, member or past member, employee or past employee of a society, or any other person who commits an offence under section 146 shall, on conviction, be punished,— (a) if it is an offence under clause (a) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to 2[five thousand rupees], or with both ; (b) if it is an offence under clause (b) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3[three years] or with fine which may extend to 4[fifteen thousand rupees], or with both ; (c) if it is an offence under clause (c) of that section, with fine which may extend to 5[five thousand rupees] ; (d) if it is an offence under clause (d) of that section, with fine which may extend to 6[five thousand rupees] ; (e) if it is an offence under clause (e) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both ; 7[(e-1) if it is an offence under clause (e-1) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to 8[fifteen thousand rupees], or with both ; (e-2) if it is an offence under clause (e-2) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to 9[fifteen thousand rupees], or with both ;] (f) if it is an offence under clause (f) of that section, with fine which may extend to 10[five thousand rupees] ; (g) if it is an offence under clause (g) of that section, with fine which may extend to 1[five thousand rupees] ; (h) if it is an offence under clause (h) of that section, with fine which may extend to 2[five thousand rupees] ; 3[(h-1) if it is an offence under clause (h-1) under that section, with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees ;] (i) if it is an offence under clause (i) of that section, with fine which may extend to 4[five thousand rupees] ; (j) if it is an offence under clause (j) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to 5[five thousand rupees], or with both; (k) if it is an offence under clause (k) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to 6[ten thousand rupees], or with both ; (l) if it is an offence under clause (l) of that section, with fine which may extend to 7[one thousand rupees] ; 8[* * *] (m) if it is an offence under clause (m) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to 9[five thousand rupees], or with both; (n) if it is an offence under clause (n) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to 10[five thousand rupees], or with both; (o) if it is an offence under clause (o) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine 11[which may extend to ten thousand rupees], or with both ; (p) if it is an offence under clause (p) of that section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine 12[which may extend to fifteen thousand rupees], or with both ; 13[(p-1) if it is an offence under clause (p-1) of that section, with fine which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with both ;] 14[(p-2) if it is an offence under clause (p-2) of that section, with fine of rupees one hundred per day after the expiry of period as provided in sub-section (2) of section 154B-8, which may extend to five thousand rupees;] (q) if it is an offence under clause (q) of that section, with fine which may extend to 15[one thousand rupees].