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Offence and penalties
Act: Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance 1971
Section Provisions
AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES ORDINANCE AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES ORDINANCE (II OF 1971) [25th January, 1971 ] An Ordinance to regulate the import, manufacture, formulation, sale, distribution and use of pesticides CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS [21. Offences and penalties : (1) Any person who imports, manufactures, formulates, sells, offers or exposes for sale, holds in stock for sale or advertises for sale and adulterated or substandard pesticide shall be guilty of an offence (2) The person guilty of an offence under sub‑section (1) shall be punished (a) in the case of an adulterated pesticide, in relation to a first offence with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year or more than three years and with fine amounting to five hundred thousand rupees and for every subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years or more than three years and with fine which shall not be less than five hundred thousand rupees or more than one million rupees; and (b) in the case of a substandard pesticide, in relation to a first offence with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months or more than two years and with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand rupees and for every subsequent offence with imprisonment which may extend to three years and with fine but shall not be less than the punishment given for the first offence.] Section 21.subs. by the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, XXXIX of 1997.