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Companies Act, 2013

Section 159: Punishment for contraven- tion

Chapter XI — Appointment and Qualifications of Directors

159. If any individual or director of a company, contravenes any of the provisions of section 152, section 155 and section 156, such individual or director of the company shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and where the contravention is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for every day after the first during which the contravention continues.

Source: official text of the Companies Act, 2013.