Section 26
Punishment
(1) If any person commits the following offence, the Labor and Employment Office shall punish such a person or institution with the following punishment, according to the degree of offence:
(a) A fine of twenty-five thousand rupees in the case of the commission of the offence referred to in clause (a) of Section 25,
(b) A fine of ten thousand rupees in the case of the commission of the offence referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of Section 25,
(c) A fine in a sum that is equal to the unemployment support or livelihood allowance, if any received, upon recovering that amount, in the case of the commission of the offence referred to in clause (d) of Section 25,
(d)A fine in a sum that is equal to the amount received as the unemployment support, upon recovering that amount, in the case of the commission of the offence referred to in clause (e) of Section 25.
(2) The Labor and Employment Office concerned shall write to the concerned Local Level to prevent the service, facility to be provided by it from being provided to the person or institution that fails to pay the fine imposed pursuant to sub-section (1) within the prescribed period.
(3) The fine referred to in sub-section (1) shall be recovered as a government arrear from the person or institution concerned.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Section, if an act under this Act is also deemed to be an offence under the other prevailing law, no provision of this Section shall prevent from instituting a separate case on such an offence and imposing punishment pursuant to such other law, and if any person is liable under the prevailing law to punishment that is more than that set forth in this Section for any act done contrary to this Act, such a person shall accordingly be liable to that punishment.
(a) A fine of twenty-five thousand rupees in the case of the commission of the offence referred to in clause (a) of Section 25,
(b) A fine of ten thousand rupees in the case of the commission of the offence referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of Section 25,
(c) A fine in a sum that is equal to the unemployment support or livelihood allowance, if any received, upon recovering that amount, in the case of the commission of the offence referred to in clause (d) of Section 25,
(d)A fine in a sum that is equal to the amount received as the unemployment support, upon recovering that amount, in the case of the commission of the offence referred to in clause (e) of Section 25.
(2) The Labor and Employment Office concerned shall write to the concerned Local Level to prevent the service, facility to be provided by it from being provided to the person or institution that fails to pay the fine imposed pursuant to sub-section (1) within the prescribed period.
(3) The fine referred to in sub-section (1) shall be recovered as a government arrear from the person or institution concerned.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Section, if an act under this Act is also deemed to be an offence under the other prevailing law, no provision of this Section shall prevent from instituting a separate case on such an offence and imposing punishment pursuant to such other law, and if any person is liable under the prevailing law to punishment that is more than that set forth in this Section for any act done contrary to this Act, such a person shall accordingly be liable to that punishment.