Emergency Powers (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1942
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Penalty for continued non-compliance with certain orders. |
9.—(1) Where— | |
(a) a person is convicted of an offence under section 5 of the Principal Act by reason of his failure, neglect or refusal to comply with a provision in a Government order or a subsidiary instrument requiring him to perform a specified act within a specified period or before a specified date, and | ||
(b) the said act remains, after the date of such conviction, unperformed by him, | ||
such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for each day, after the date of such first-mentioned conviction, on which the said act remains unperformed by him or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months. | ||
(2) An offence under this section shall be a continuing offence and accordingly fresh proceedings in respect thereof may be taken from time to time. | ||
(3) Sub-sections (5) and (8) of section 5 of the Principal Act shall apply in relation to an offence under this section in like manner as they apply in relation to an offence under the said section 5 . | ||
(4) This section shall not apply in respect of any provision in a Government order relating to the cultivation of land by occupiers thereof. |