CGPF Act 3B
Section 3B · Penalty for watering, etc. of cotton. - Any owner of cotton who does any of the following acts, that is who knowingly makes or causes to be made wet any cotton which is ginned and which is being or is intended to be pressed in a cotton pressing factory, or mixes or causes to be mixed there with, seed, foreign substance or cotton waste, or in any area specified in sub-section (1) of section 3-A makes any admixture of cotton or abets or knowingly allows or connives at any such act shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees
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The offence at a glance
- Fine
- ₹5,000
- Cognizable
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Any Magistrate
- Non-cognizable — Police cannot investigate without a Magistrate's order
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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