law: Payment of Wages Act, 1936
  20.
  
  Penalty for offences under the Act
  (1)
  
  Whoever being responsible for the payment of wages to an employed person
  
  contravenes any of the provisions of any of the following sections namely
  
  section 5 except sub-section (4) thereof section 7 section 8 except sub-section
  
  (8) thereof, section 9 section 10 except sub-section (2) thereof and section 11
  
  to 13 both inclusive shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than
  
  two hundred rupees but which may extend to one thousand rupees.
  (2)
  
  Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4 sub-section (4) of section 5
  
  section 6 sub-section (8) of section 8 sub-section (2) of section 10 or section
  
  25 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
  (3)
  
  Whoever being required under this Act to maintain any records or registers or
  
  to furnish any information or return -
  (a) fails to maintain such register or record; or
  (b) wilfully refuses or without lawful excuse neglects to furnish such
  
  information or return; or
  (c) wilfully furnishes or causes to be furnished any information or
  
  return which he knows to be false; or
  (d) refuses to answer or wilfully gives a false answer to any question
  
  necessary for obtaining any information required to be furnished under this Act
  
  shall for each such offence be punishable with fine which shall not be less
  
  than two hundred rupees but which may extend to one thousand rupees.
  (4)
  
  Whoever -
  (a) wilfully obstructs an Inspector in the discharge of his duties under
  
  this Act; or
  (b) refuse or wilfully neglects to afford an Inspector any reasonable
  
  facility for making any entry inspection examination supervision or inquiry
  
  authorised by or under this Act in relation to any railway factory or
  
  industrial or other establishment; or
  (c) wilfully refuses to produce on the demand of an Inspector any
  
  register or other document kept in pursuance of this Act; or
  (d) prevents or attempts to prevent or does anything which he has any
  
  reason to believe is likely to prevent any person from appearing before or
  
  being examined by an Inspector acting in pursuance of his duties under this
  
  Act;
  shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than two hundred
  
  rupees but which may extend to one thousand rupees. 
  (5)
  
  If any person who has been convicted of any office punishable under this Act is
  
  again guilty of an offence involving contravention of the same provision he
  
  shall be punishable on a subsequent conviction with imprisonment for a term
  
  which shall not be less than one month but which may extend to six months and
  
  with fine which shall not be less than five hundred rupees but which may extend
  
  to three thousand rupees.
  Provided
  
   that for the purpose of this sub-section
  
  no cognizance shall be taken of any conviction made more than two years before
  
  the date on which the commission of the offence which is being punished came to
  
  the knowledge of the Inspector.
  (6)
  
  If any person fails or wilfully neglects to pay the wages of any employed
  
  person by the date fixed by the authority in this behalf he shall without
  
  prejudice to any other action that may be taken against him be punishable with
  
  an additional fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day for
  
  which such failure or neglect continues.