General penalty: offences under the Act without specific sanctions attract imprisonment or fines under the statutory framework. Default sanction: where no specific penalty is provided for an offence under the Act or its rules, the offender is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years, or with a fine which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees, or in the case of a company with a fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both; the provision functions as a residual penal measure and the imprisonment ceiling was increased by amendment.