Section 72 · Penalty for non-compliance of order

(1) Whoever fails to comply with any order made by the District Commission or the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one month but which may extend to three years or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees or with both.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the District Commission, the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, shall have the powers of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class to try offences under sub-section (1) and on the conferment of such powers, the District Commission or the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be a Judicial Magistrate of the first class for the purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(3) Save as otherwise provided, offences under sub-section (1) shall be tried summarily by the District Commission or the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be.