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CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the state legislature, amending the municipal laws to fix penalty for violation of ban on some plastic products. The penalty will range between Rs 25,000 and Rs 1 lakh. Second and third time offenders will have to pay a fine of Rs 200 and Rs 500, respectively.The bill will be taken up for discussion on Thursday, the last day of the budget session. It will be Rs 50,000 for the second time and Rs 1 lakh for the third-time offence.Use and distribution of use and throwaway plastics in large commercial establishments like malls, textile shops and super markets will invite a penalty of Rs 10,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000 for the first, second and third time offence respectively.Medium commercial establishments like grocery shops and pharmaceuticals shops will have to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 for the first-time violation, Rs 2,000 for the second-time and Rs 5,000 for the third time.Small commercial vendors will be levied a fine of Rs 100 for the first-time. If a person commits the offence for the fourth time, the trade licence issued by the local bodies will be cancelled.“In order the implement the banning of use and throwaway plastics in letter and spirt, the laws relating to municipal corporations and municipalities will have to be amended so as to make the provisions regarding the prevention of the said plastic items and enable the council to levy a fine for violation of the said provisions,” municipal administration minister S P Velumani said, while introducing the bill to amend the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919, Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920, Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971, and Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981.The fine for first time offence of storage, supply, transport, sale and distribution of use and throwaway plastics will be Rs 25,000.
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