Section 15. Penalty for neglect or refusal to supply particulars and other contraventions

15. Penalty for neglect or refusal to supply particulars and other contraventions. —(1) Whoever fails to produce any books of account, vouchers, documents or other business records or whoever neglects or refuses to fill in and supply the particulars required in any information schedule or return given or sent to him or whoever neglects or refuses to answer any question or inquiry addressed to him as may be required under or for the purposes of any provision of this Act or whoever acts in contravention or fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any rules made thereunder or any requirement imposed under this Act, shall be liable to penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees, and in the case of a company, with a penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees. (2) The imposition of penalty on a person or company shall not relieve him or it of the obligations under sub-section (1), and if after the expiry of fourteen days from the date of imposition of penalty, he or it still fails to give the required particulars or continues to neglect or refuse or contravene any provision of this Act or any rules made thereunder or any requirement imposed under this Act, shall be liable to a further penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees, and in the case of a company, to a further penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees, for each day after the first during which the neglect, refusal or contravention continues.