The Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950 5
Section 5 · Penalties
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Any person who—
(a) contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of any order made under section 2, or
(b) fails to comply with any direction given by any such order, or
(c) harbours any person who has contravened any order made under section 2 or has failed to comply with any direction given by any such order,
shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
(a) contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of any order made under section 2, or
(b) fails to comply with any direction given by any such order, or
(c) harbours any person who has contravened any order made under section 2 or has failed to comply with any direction given by any such order,
shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
The offence at a glance
- Maximum punishment
- 3 years
- Fine
- Fine — no statutory ceiling, the court decides
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Non-bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Magistrate of the first class
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Non-bailable — Bail is at the court's discretion
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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