Section 10B
Offences
Any person who —
(a)
sells price-controlled goods at the price, or performs or offers to perform any service in relation to any price-controlled goods, or hires or offers to hire any price-controlled goods, at a charge, which exceeds the maximum price or charge fixed by the
Price Controller under section 3B;
(b)
knowingly purchases or offers to purchase any price-controlled goods or who knowingly pays or offers to pay for a service a charge which exceeds the maximum charge;
(c)
carries on a business in the course of which price-controlled goods are normally sold and who has in his possession a stock of such goods who —
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(i)
falsely denies that he has such goods in his possession; or
(ii)
refuses, except with the permission of the Price
Controller, to sell such goods in reasonable quantities, is guilty of an offence against this Act:
Provided that it shall be a defence to a charge under paragraph (c)(ii) that the purchaser was unable or unwilling to make immediate payment of the price of the goods in cash.
Offence to obstruct Controller etc. [S 53/2021]
10BA.
Any person who —
(a)
obstructs the Controller or any person authorised under section 9A to enter and inspect any premises or to examine any book, account or other document;
(b)
refuses, delays or fails to produce any book, account or other document or certified copies or translations thereof relating to his trade or business;
(c)
refuses, delays or fails to submit samples of any price-controlled goods or any controlled article as required; or
(d)
fails to comply with any order or direction given under this Act.
is guilty of an offence.