Central Act
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Section 21. Penalty for contravention of Act by employers
RepealedAll India (Central Act)
This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by Act 36 of 2020; it may still apply to matters that began before then.
21. Penalty for contravention of Act by employers. -- If any employer contravenes the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both; and where the contravention is of any provision regarding maternity benefit or regarding payment of any other amount and such maternity benefit or amount has not already been recovered, the court shall in addition recover such maternity benefit or amount as if it were a fine, and pay the same to the person entitled thereto.