Section 25R: Penalty for closure.

(1) Any employer who closes down an undertaking without complying with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 25-O shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

(2) Any employer, who contravenes an order refusing to grant permission to close down an undertaking under sub-section (2) of section 25-O or a direction given under section 25P, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both, and where the contravention is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to two thousand rupees for every day during which the contravention continues after the conviction. [Omitted]

STATE AMENDMENT Orissa Amendment of section 25-R.—In section 25-R of the principal Act;—

(a) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets, figures and letters, “a direction given under sub-section (2) of section 25-O or section 25-P”, the words, brackets, figures and letters “an order refusing to grant permission to close down an undertaking under sub-section (2) of section 25-O or a direction given under section 25-P” shall be substituted;

(b) Sub-section (3) shall be omitted. [Vide the Orissa Act 6 of 1983, s. 4]