THE AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT, 2016 · OFFENCESAND PENALTIES
Section 40 — Penalty for unauthorised use by requesting entity or offline verification-seeking entity
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.]