Chapter 9 · Miscellaneous
Section 42 - Power to amend Schedule
The Government may amend the penalty ScheduleThis lets the Central Government update the penalty Schedule by notification - but with a guardrail: it cannot raise any penalty to more than twice the amount originally enacted.
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This lets the Central Government update the penalty Schedule by notification - but with a guardrail: it cannot raise any penalty to more than twice the amount originally enacted. An amendment takes effect as if it had been written into the Act, from the date of notification.
Key points
- The Government can amend the penalty Schedule by notification.
- It cannot raise any penalty beyond twice the originally enacted amount.
- An amendment takes effect as if enacted in the Act.
Official section text
Section 42. Power to amend Schedule.
The Central Government may, by notification, amend the Schedule, subject to the restriction that no such notification shall have the effect of increasing any penalty specified therein to more than twice of what was specified in it when this Act was originally enacted.
Any amendment notified under sub-section (1) shall have effect as if enacted in this Act and shall come into force on the date of the notification.