Companies Act, 1956
Sec 629A - Penalty where no specific penalty is provided
elsewhere in the Act.
If a company or any other person contravenes any provision of
this Act for which no punishment is provided elsewhere in this Act or any
condition, limitation or restriction subject to which any approval, sanction,
consent, confirmation, recognition, direction or exemption in relation to any
matter has been accorded, given or granted, the company and every officer of
the company who is in default or such other person shall be punishable with
fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, and where the contravention is a
continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for
every day after the first during which the contravention continues.