Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act, or fails to comply with any provision thereof, or of any rule, direction, order or notification made thereunder, for which no punishment or penalty is specially provided in this Act, shall be liable for penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees, and if the breach is a continuing one, with further penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees for every day after the first day during which the breach continues.

Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act, or fails to comply with any provision thereof, or of any rule, direction, order or notification made thereunder, for which no punishment or penalty is specially provided in this Act, shall be liable for penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees, and if the breach is a continuing one, with further penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees for every day after the first day during which the breach continues.