Section 18 - Substitution of new section for section 40- Penalty for unauthorised use by requesting entity or offline verification seeking entity - Aadhaar And Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019

Substitution of new section for section 40. 18. For section 40 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- Penalty for unauthorised use by requesting entity or offline verificationseeking entity 40. Whoever,- (a) being a requesting entity, uses the identity information of an individual in contravention of sub-section (2) of section 8; or (b) being an offline verification-seeking entity, uses the identity information of an individual in contravention of sub-section (2) of section 8A, shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to one lakh rupees or with both. .