law: Emigration Act, 1983
  24. Offences and penalties .-
  (1) Whoever.- Except in conformity with the
  
  provisions of this Act emigrates, or contravenes the provisions of section 10
  
  or section 16, or by intentionally furnishing any false information or
  
  suppressing any material information obtain a certificate or a permit or an
  
  emigration clearance under this Act, or without lawful authority makes or
  
  causes to be made any alteration in any certificate or permit or in any
  
  document or endorsement by way of emigration clearance issued or made under
  
  this Act, or disobeys or neglects to comply with any order of the Protector of
  
  Emigrants under this Act, or collects from an emigrant and charges in excess of
  
  the limits prescribed under this Act, or cheats any emigrant, shall be
  
  punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and with
  
  fine which may extend to two years with fine which may extend to two thousand
  
  rupees.
  Provided that in the absence of any special an
  
  adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgment of the court,
  
  such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and such fine shall not be
  
  less than one thousand rupees.
  Whoever attempts to commit any offence under
  
  sub section (1) shall punishable with the punishment provide for such offence
  
  under that sub-section.
  Whoever contravenes any term or condition
  
  subject to which any emigration clearance has been given under this Act, shall,
  
  if no other punishment is provided elsewhere in this Act for such contravention
  
  , be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or
  
  with fin which may extend to two thousand rupees or with both.
  Whoever abets any offence punishable under
  
  this Act shall, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the
  
  abatement, be punishable with the punishment provide for that offence.
  Whoever, having been convicted of an offence
  
  under any provision of this Act is again convicted of an offence under the same
  
  provision, shall be punishable, for the second and for each subsequent offence,
  
  with double the penalty provided for that offence.