In force · As amended up to 2026-08
13. Powers of Director to impose fine.— (1) The Director may, either of his own motion or on an application made by any authority, officer or person,[4] [make such inquiry or cause such inquiry to be
1. Ins. by Act 2 of 2013, s. 10 (w.e.f. 15-2-2013).
2. Subs. by Act 23 of 2019, s. 194, for "sub-section (1) of section 12" (w.e.f. 1-8-2019).
3. Ins. s. 195, ibid . (w.e.f. 1-8-2019).
4. Subs. by Act 2 of 2013, s. 11, for certain words, brackets and figures (w.e.f. 15-2-2013).
made, as he thinks fit to be necessary, with regard to the obligations of the reporting entity, under this Chapter].
1[ (1A) If at any stage of inquiry or any other proceedings before him, the Director having regard to the nature and complexity of the case, is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so, he may direct the concerned reporting entity to get its records, as may be specified, audited by an accountant from amongst a panel of accountants, maintained by the Central Government for this purpose.
(1B) The expenses of, and incidental to, any audit under sub-section (1A) shall be borne by the Central Government.]
2[ (2 ) If the Director, in the course of any inquiry, finds that a reporting entity or its designated director on the Board or any of its employees has failed to comply with the obligations under this Chapter, then, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken under any other provisions of this Act, he may—
13. Criminal misconduct by a public servant. 14 Punishment for habitual offender.]
1. Subs. by Act 16 of 2018, s. 19, for Paragraph 8 (w.e.f. 26-7-2018).
PARAGRAPH 9 OFFENCES UNDER THE EXPLOSIVES ACT, 1884
(4 OF 1884)
|Section|||Description of offence|
|---|---|---|---|
|9B|Punishment for certain offences.|||
|9C|Offences by companies.|||
||||PARAGRAPH 10|
|||OFFENCES UNDER THEANTIQUITIES ANDARTSTREASURESACT, 1972||
||||(52OF1972)|
|Section|||Description of offence|
|25 read with||Contravention of export trade in antiquities and art treasures.||
|section 3||||
|28||Offences bycompanies.||
||||PARAGRAPH 11|
|||OFFENCES UNDER THESECURITIES ANDEXCHANGEBOARD OF||
||||INDIAACT, 1992<br>(15OF1992)|
|Section|||Description of offence|
|12A read with||<br>Prohibition of|manipulative and deceptive devices, insider trading and|
|section 24||substantial.||
|24||Acquisition of securities or control.||
||||PARAGRAPH 12|
|||OFFENCES UNDER THECUSTOMSACT, 1962||
||||(52OF1962)|
|Section|||Description of offence|
|135||Evasion of duty or prohibitions.||
PARAGRAPH 13
OFFENCES UNDER THE BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM (ABOLITION) ACT, 1976 (19 OF 1976)
|Section|Description of offence|
|---|---|
|16|Punishment for enforcement of bonded labour.|
|18|Punishment for extracting bonded labour under the bonded labour system.|
|20|Abetment to be an offence.|
(a) issue a warning in writing; or
(b) direct such reporting entity or its designated director on the Board or any of its employees, to comply with specific instructions; or
(c) direct such reporting entity or its designated director on the Board or any of its employees, to send reports at such interval as may be prescribed on the measures it is taking; or
(d) by an order, impose a monetary penalty on such reporting entity or its designated director on the Board or any of its employees, which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but may extend to one lakh rupees for each failure.]
(3) The Director shall forward a copy of the order passed under sub-section (2) to every banking company, financial institution or intermediary or person who is a party to the proceedings under that sub-section.
3[ Explanation .—For the purpose of this section, "accountant" shall mean a chartered accountant within the meaning of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949).]
4 [14. No civil or criminal proceedings against reporting entity, its directors and employees in certain cases.— Save as otherwise provided in section 13, the reporting entity, its directors and employees shall not be liable to any civil or criminal proceedings against them for furnishing information under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 12.]
||PARAGRAPH 14|
|---|---|
||OFFENCES UNDER THECHILDLABOUR(PROHIBITION ANDREGULATION)|
||ACT, 1986|
||(61OF1986)|
|Section|Description of offence|
|14|Punishment for employment of any child to work in contravention of the provisions of|
||section3|
||PARAGRAPH 15|
||OFFENCES UNDER THETRANSPLANTATION OFHUMANORGANSACT, 1994|
||(42OF1994)|
|Section|||Description of offence|
|---|---|---|---|
|18|Punishment|for|removal of human organ without authority.|
|19|Punishment|for|commercial dealings in human organs.|
|20|Punishment|for|contravention of any other provision of this Act.|
PARAGRAPH 16 OFFENCES UNDER THE JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000 (56 OF 2000)
|Section|Description of offence|
|---|---|
|23|Punishment for cruelty to juvenile or child.|
|24|Employment of juvenile or child for begging.|
|25|Penalty for giving intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug or psychotropic substance to|
||juvenile or child.|
|26|Exploitation of juvenile or child employee.|
PARAGRAPH 17 OFFENCES UNDER THE EMIGRATION ACT, 1983 (31 OF 1983)
5 [15. Procedure and manner of furnishing information by reporting entities.— The Central Government may, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, prescribe the procedure and the manner of maintaining and furnishing information by a reporting entity under[6] [section 11A, sub-section (1) of section 12 and sub-section (1) of section 12AA] for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Act.]
||PARAGRAPH 17<br>OFFENCES UNDER THEEMIGRATIONACT, 1983<br>(31OF1983)|
|---|---|
|Section<br>24|Description of offence<br> Offences and penalties.|
||PARAGRAPH 18|
||OFFENCES UNDER THEPASSPORTSACT, 1967|
||(15OF1967)|
|Section|Description of offence|
|12|Offences and penalties.|
||PARAGRAPH 19|
||OFFENCES UNDER THEFOREIGNERSACT, 1946|
||(31OF1946)|
|Section|Descriptionofoffence|
|14|Penalty for contravention of provisions of the Act, etc.|
|14B|Penalty for using forged passport.|
|14C|Penalty for abetment.|
||PARAGRAPH 20<br>OFFENCES UNDER THECOPYRIGHTACT, 1957<br>(14OF1957)|
|Section|Description of offence|
|63|Offence of infringement of copyright or other rights conferred by this Act.|
|63A|Enhanced penalty on second and subsequent convictions.|
|63B|Knowing use of infringing copy of computer programme.|
|68A|Penalty for contravention of section 52A.|
||1[PARAGRAPH 21|
||OFFENCES UNDER THETRADEMARKSACT, 1999|
||(47OF1999)|
|Section|Descriptionofoffence|
|103|Penalty for applying false trademarks, trade descriptions, etc.|
|104|Penalty for selling goods or providing services to which false trademark or false trade|
||description is applied.|
|105|Enhanced penalty on second or subsequent conviction.|
|120|Punishment of abetment in India of acts done out of India.]|
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule for PARAGRAPH 21 (w.e.f. 13-8-2024).
1[PARAGRAPH 22
OFFENCES UNDER THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 (21 OF 2000)
Section 75
Description of offence
Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India.]
PARAGRAPH 23
OFFENCES UNDER THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT, 2002
(18 OF 2003)
Section
Description of offence
55 read with section 6 Penalties for contravention of section 6, etc.
PARAGRAPH 24
OFFENCES UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS RIGHTS ACT, 2001 (53 OF 2001)
Section
Description of offence
70 read with section 68 Penalty for applying false denomination, etc. 71 read with section 68 Penalty for selling varieties to which false denomination is applied. 72 read with section 68 Penalty for falsely representing a variety as registered. 73 read with section 68 Penalty for subsequent offence.
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PARAGRAPH 26
OFFENCES UNDER THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1974 (6 OF 1974)
Section Description of offence 41 (2) Penalty for pollution of stream or well. 43 Penalty for contravention of provisions of section 24.
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1. Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule for PARAGRAPH 22 (w.e.f. 13-8-2024).
2. PARAGRAPH 25 omitted by s. 2 and Schedule, ibid ., (w.e.f. 13-8-2024).
Source: India Code