Chennai: Non-compliance of Covid-19 rules like wearing of masks, maintaining physical distance and jumping quarantine will attract fine in Tamilnadu with the government issuing an ordinance to make them compoundable offences. Spitting at public faces will also attract fine.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit promulgated the Tamilnadu Public Health Act, 1939 (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 in order to make violation of the coronavirus induced lockdown and social distancing measures put in place to stop the spread of the deadly disease as a compoundable offence.
“It is, therefore, considered necessary to make the violations against lockdown and social distancing measures taken to contain the spread of Covid-19 as compoundable offences and also to prohibit the acts of violence against the persons implementing these measures,” a Raj Bhavan statement said.
While spitting in public places, violation of quarantine rules and not maintaining physical distance in public will attract a fine of Rs 500 each, people not wearing face masks will have to shell out Rs 200.
Commercial establishments violating Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) will have to pay a fine of Rs 5,000.