12. Penalties

12. Penalties:
12.1 In case, an employee of the National Archives who has a duty to preserve the Archives safely, provides any opportunity to see or copy any Archives to any person, prohibited pursuant to Section, 9, except the person who is so prescribed, such employee shall be punished with a fine of up to Five Thousand Rupees or up to Three years of imprisonment or with both.
12.2 In case, an employee of the National Archives who has a duty to preserve the Archives safely makes cross out, alter, tears or destroy  any Archives upon violating the provision of Sub-section 11.2, such employee shall be punished with a fine up to Five Thousand Rupees or up to Three years of imprisonment or with both.
12.3 In case, a person, other than an employee of the National Archives who has a duty to keep the Archives safely makes cross out, change,  alters, tears or destroys any Archives upon violating the provision of Sub-section 11.2, such person shall be punished with a fine up to Five Thousand Rupees or up to Three years of imprisonment or the
both.
12.4 Except otherwise referred to in Sub-sections 12.1, 12.2 or 12.3, in case, any other person commits an act upon violating the provisions of this Act or Rules framed thereunder, such person shall be fined up to Five Thousand Rupees.