Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981
8. Amendment of
section 8.-
To section 8 of the
principal Act, the following proviso shall be added, namely:--
"Provided that
where a person has abetted the contravention of any order for the purpose of
procuring any essential commodity of the nature mentioned in sub-clause (iva)
or sub-clause (v) of clause (a) of section 2 for his own use or for the use of
any member of his family or for the use of any person dependent on him, and not
for the purpose of carrying on any business or trade in such essential
commodity, the court may, notwithstanding anything contained in section 7 and
for reasons to be mentioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of fine
only."