If any person is found or is proved to have been in possession of— * Received the assent of the Governor on the 27th May, 1971 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 261 dated 29th May, 1971.
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(a) any drug having any seal or mark on it or on packages or containers therof indicating that it belongs to the Health Department, the Animal Husbandry Department or the Department of Indigenous Medicine of the Government of Kerala, or having such seal or mark removed, defaced or in any manner tampered with; or
(b) other stores including such stores the seal or mark over which has been removed, defaced or in any manner tampered with, and which is or are reasonably suspected of being stolen or unlawfully obtained, such person shall, if he cannot account satisfactorily as to how he came into possession thereof, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years and with fine which shall not be less than one thousand rupees:
Provided that the court may for any adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than six months or of fine of less than one thousand rupees or of both imprisonment for a term of less than six months and fine of less than one thousand rupees.