Section 46. Offences and penalties.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act or any other law for the time being in force, any paramedical institution established or courses started or increases the admission capacity without prior permission of the Government as required under section 19 of the Act, shall not be regularised by any authority whatsoever including the Government. (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall not be eligible for any permission under section 19 of the Act and this disqualification shall remain in force for a period of five years from the date on which the violation of section 19 of the Act is established. (3) In case any approved or recognised paramedical institution starts a course and admits students without the prior permission of the Government, the approved admission capacity of such institution in all its approved courses shall be reduced by twenty-five percent and such institution shall not be allowed to admit any student against the management or Non Resident Indian quota in the next academic year.