What, as per Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is the

Solution

Proviso to Section 9 of Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972- Provided that where the offence relates to non-payment of any gratuity payable under this Act, the employer shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years unless the court trying the offence, for reasons to be recorded by it in writing, is of opinion that a lesser term of imprisonment or the imposition of a fine would meet the ends of justice