Section 5: Penalty

Whoever, in cantraven"tion of section 3,- ~ .

(a) prevents or attempts to prevent any person· belonging to any section or class of Hindus from entering, worshipping or ·offering pray~ ers, or performmg any religious service, m any place of public worship ;

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(b) obstructs, or causes or attempts to caus~. obstruction to, or by threat of obstruction or otherwise &scourages, any such person from domg or performing any of t~e acts .aforesaid, " 1., ." ~ shall be punishable Wlth impr~onmetit Which may extend to six months, or .vith fine which may extend· to five-.hundred rui?ees, or w1th both :

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Provided that in 'a case where a sentence or' fine ·only is awarded, such fine 'shall not be less than fifty·r~pees. . • _