Non applicability of section 562 and Probation of Offenders Act limits probation under central excise to minors only. Section 562 of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Probation of Offenders Act do not apply to persons convicted under the Central Excise Act unless the person is under eighteen; this exclusion operates notwithstanding the alternate sub provision referenced in the Act, thereby restricting probationary relief to minors and removing section 562 protections for adult offenders under the Central Excise regime.