(1)If any person, not being a railway servant or an agent authorised in this behalf,—(a)carries on the business of procuring and supplying tickets for travel on a railway or for reserved accommodation for journey in a train; or(b)purchases or sells or attempts to purchase or sell tickets with a view to carrying on any such business either by himself or by any other person,he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both, and shall also forfeit the tickets which he so procures, supplies, purchases, sells or attempts to purchase or sell:Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, such punishment shall not be less than imprisonment for a term of one month or a fine of five thousand rupees.
