Punishment for adulterated products creates escalating criminal liability and non-bailable offences where serious injury or death occurs. Criminal liability attaches to manufacturing for sale, storing, selling, distributing or importing products that contain an adulterant, with penalties escalating according to harm-ranging from short-term imprisonment and fine where no injury occurs, through higher terms and fines for injury and grievous hurt, to substantial imprisonment and fine where death results; offences causing grievous hurt or death are cognizable and non-bailable.
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Punishment for adulterated products creates escalating criminal liability and non-bailable offences where serious injury or death occurs.
Criminal liability attaches to manufacturing for sale, storing, selling, distributing or importing products that contain an adulterant, with penalties escalating according to harm-ranging from short-term imprisonment and fine where no injury occurs, through higher terms and fines for injury and grievous hurt, to substantial imprisonment and fine where death results; offences causing grievous hurt or death are cognizable and non-bailable.
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