LawgistThe Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act
42General penalty
Whoever commits an offence under this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder for which no specific penalty is provided elsewhere than this section, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 1[three year] or with a fine which may extend to twentyfive thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both.
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1. Subs. by s. 19, for "One year" (w.e.f. 25-7-2019).
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
- 34 Penalty for impersonation at time of enrolment
- 35 Penalty for impersonation of Aadhaar number holder by changing demographic information or biometric information
- 36 Penalty for impersonation
- 37 Penalty for disclosing identity information
- 38 Penalty for unauthorised access to the Central Identities Data Repository
- 39 Penalty for tampering with data in Central Identities Data Repository
- 40 Penalty for unauthorised use by requesting entity or offline verification-seeking entity
- 41 Penalty for non-compliance with intimation requirements
- 42 General penalty
- 43 Offences by companies
- 44 Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India
- 45 Power to investigate offences
- 46 Penalties not to interfere with other punishments
- 47 Cognizance of offences
