Section 36: Penalties

36. Penalties (1) Any person who commits an offence under this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. (2) The Court before which a person is convicted of an offence under this Act may, in addition to any penalty imposed pursuant to subsection (1), order— (a) the forfeiture of any installation, apparatus or equipment used in committing the offence; (b) the cancellation of the licence held by the person convicted; (c) that the person convicted shall not be issued with a licence for such period as the Court thinks fit; (d) that a service provided to a person convicted of an offence under this Act shall be suspended for such period as the Court thinks fit. (3) An offence under this Act shall— (a) be triable by the Intermediate Court; (b) not be triable by a District Court.