Penalty

Any person who causes or permits any factory, other than a factory duly registered under a valid certificate of registration in pursuance of this Act, to be operated at any time subsequent to the coming into force of this Act commits an offence, and is on summary conviction liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to a further fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every day upon which the offence continues after conviction, Provided that, except in cases where the Chief Factory Inspector otherwise directs, nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a factory which is in operation to cease to operate during the period when an application for the registration thereof is under consideration.