Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 · Chapter VII: Penalties and Procedure
Section 41: Failure to comply provisions of section 20 or directions issued thereunder
[41. Failure to comply with provisions of section 20 or directions issued thereunder.—(1) Whoever contravenes or does not comply with the directions given under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of section 20, within such time as may be specified in the direction, shall, in respect of each such contravention or non-compliance, be liable to pay a penalty which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees, but which may extend to fifteen lakh rupees.
(2) Where any person continues contravention or non-compliance under sub-section (1), he shall be liable to pay an additional penalty of ten thousand rupees every day during which such contravention continues.]
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