State Act

THE UNITED PROVINCES COTTON PEST CONTROL ACT, 1936

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Repealing Act, 2023 (Uttarakhand Act 27 of 2023), s.2 and Schedule item 109; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

11. Whoever does any act, or without reasonable cause omits to do anything, in contravention of the provisions of any of sections 3 to 7 and 9 or of an order passed under section 8 shall be liable on conviction before a magistrate of the first class- (a) for a first offence or for a second offence in contravention of the same section to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, and (b) for a third or subsequent offence in contravention of the same section to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees : Provided that when any person is convicted of a first offence in contravention of any of the said sections the magistrate may instead of sentencing him to fine release him after admonition.