Whoever  contravenes any provision of Contract Labor (Regulation & Abolition) Act 1970 or of any rules made there under prohibiting, restricting or regulating the employment of contract labour,  shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to:

Section 23 of Contract Labor (Regulation & Abolition) Act 1970- Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rules made thereunder prohibiting, restricting or regulating the employment of contract labour, or contravenes any condition of a licence granted under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both, and in the case of a continuing contravention with an additional fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention