31. Penalty where no specific penalty is provided
If any employer or any other person contravenes any provision of this Act 1[or of any rules made thereunder for which no penalty is provided in section 30, he shall be liable for the first contravention with an advisory to be complied within thirty days; for the second contravention, be liable to warning to be complied within fifteen days; and for every subsequent contravention, be liable to penalty of not less than one thousand rupees but which may extend to five thousand rupees].
1. Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for certain words (w.e.f. 22-6-2026).
