law: Essential Commodities Act, 1955 
  8. Attempts and Abetment 
  
  Any person who attempts to contravene, or
  
  abets contravention of any order made under section 3 shall be deemed to have
  
  contravene that order:
  [ 60 PROVIDED that where a person has abetted
  
  the contravention of any order for the purpose of procuring any essential
  
  commodity of the nature mentioned in sub-clause ( iva )
  
  or sub-clause (v) of clause (a) of section 2 for his own use or for the use of
  
  any member of his family or for the use of any person dependent on him, and not
  
  for the purpose of carrying on any business or trade in such essential
  
  commodity, the court may notwithstanding anything contained in section 7 and for
  
  reasons to be mentioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of fine only. 60 ]