Section 15: Offences
consolidated text (as at 1997). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
15. Offences
(1) Any person who contravenes this Act shall commit an offence.
(2) Any person who commits an offence shall, on conviction, be liable to
a fine not exceeding 5,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.
(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence relating to the production,
manufacture, blending or packing of tea or green leaf, the Court may, in addition to any other penalty which it may impose, order that—
(a) the tea or green leaf which is the subject of the offence be
destroyed, or forfeited to the Board; or
(b) any tea plant unlawfully planted or grown, any green leaf unlawfully harvested, or any tea unlawfully manufactured, blended,
packed or stored, be destroyed or uprooted within a period to be
fixed by the Court.
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(4) The expenses of any action ordered under subsection (3) may be
recovered from the convicted person as a civil debt.