Section 21. If any employer contravenes the provisions of this Act 01 the rules made thereunder, he shall be pun

21. If any employer contravenes the provisions of this Act 01 the rules made thereunder, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both; and where the contravention is of any provision regarding maternity benefit or regarding payment of any other amount and such maternity benefit or amount has not already been recovered, the court shall, in addition recover such maternity benefit or amount as if it were a fine and pay the same to the person entitled thereto.