13. Penalties. -(1)
Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or fails
to comply with any direction made under authority conferred
by this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term,
which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
(2) A Court convicting any person of an offence punishable
under this Act may order that the whole or any part of the
stock of drugs in respect of which the offence was committed
shall he forfeited to the Government.
(3) It shall be defence for a person charged with a contravention
of any of the provisions of this section to prove that, in
relation to the matter in respect of which he is charged,
he acted in the course of his employment as servant or agent
of another person on the instructions of his employer or of
some other specified person.
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