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The Pesticides Ordinance, 1971

( Ordinance NO. II OF 1971 )

[ 25th January, 1971 ]

Chapter IV

MISCELLANEOUS

Offences and penalties
21. Any person who-
 
 
(a) sells, offers or exposes for sale, holds in stock for sale or advertises a registered brand of a pesticide which is not of the nature, substance or quality which it is represented to be by the brand or mark on the package containing it or, as the case may be, on the tag or label attached thereto; or
 
 
(b) falsely represents a pesticide in an advertisement; or
 
 
(c) contravenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules for the contravention of which no other penalty is provided in this Ordinance,
 
 
shall be punishable, for the first offence, with fine which may extend to 1[ fifty thousand] Taka and for every subsequent offence with fine which shall not be less than 2[seventy five thousand]Taka or more than 3[one lac] Taka and in default of payment of any such fine with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 4[two years.]
  • 1
    The words " fifty thousand " were substituted for the words " one thousand " by section 4 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009).
  • 2
    The words " seventy five thousand " were substituted for the words " tow thousand " by section 4 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009).
  • 3
    The words " one lac " were substituted for the words " three thousand " by section 4 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act,2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009).
  • 4
    The words " two years " were substituted for the words " one year " by section 4 of the Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LVII of 2009).
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