Indian Forest Act, 1927
42. Penalty
for breach of rules made under section 41 . –
(1) The State Government may by such rules
prescribe as penalties for the contravention thereof imprisonment for a term
which may extend to six months, or fine which may extend to five hundred
rupees, or both.
(2) Such rules may provide that penalties
which are double of those mentioned in sub-section (1) may be inflicted in
cases where the offence is committed after sunset and before sunrise, or after
preparation for resistance to lawful authority, or where the offender has been
previously convicted of a like offence.