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Ordinance, 1997 AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1997 ORDINANCE XLIX OF 1997 An Ordinance further to amend the Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance, 1971 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 2nd August, 1997] No.F.2(1)/97‑Pub., dated 2‑8‑1997.‑‑The following Ordinance made by the President is hereby published for general information:‑‑ 6. Substitution of section 21, Ordinance II of 1971.‑‑In the said Ordinance, for section 21, the following shall be substituted, namely:‑‑ "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 an adulterated or sub‑standard pesticide shall be guilty of an offence. (2) The person guilty of an offence under subsection (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 sub‑standard 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. "