Where a company or an officer of a company or any other person having already been subjected to penalty for default under any provisions of this Act, again commits such default within a period of three years from the date of order imposing such penalty passed by the adjudicating officer or the Regional Director, as the case may be, it or he shall be liable for the second or subsequent defaults for an amount equal to twice the amount of penalty provided for such default under the relevant provisions of this Act.]]]
Amendments
1.Inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance,2018 dated 02.11.2018
2.Inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance,2019 dated 12.01.2019 [Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 is repealed on 12th January 2019]
3.Inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act,2019 -: Effective From 02nd November 2018 [Companies (Amendment) Second Ordinance 2019 is repealed on 31st July 2019]