(1) Any parent against whom an order has been passed under section 9, and who without reasonable excuse as defined in section 8 has failed to obey such order, shall on conviction before a magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding five rupees.
(2) Any parent who having been convicted of an offence under sub-section (1) continues to disobey the order passed under section 9 shall be liable to a further fine not exceeding one rupee for every day, after the date of the first conviction, during which he is proved in a subsequent proceeding taken before a magistrate to have persisted in disobeying the order.
Penalty for employing child liable to attend primary school
11. Any person other than the parent who, during the prescribed hours of attendance at school, utilizes on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, in connexion with any employment, whether for remuneration or not, the services of any child whose parent in required under this Act to cause him to attend a recognized primary school, shall, on conviction before a magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five rupees.
Cognizance of offence and power to compound