43.-(1) If any person required to give a notice under either section 41 or section 42 fails to give the notice before the latest time specified for giving the notice he shall be guilty of an offence and any consideration for the nursing or maintenance of the child in respect of whom notice ought to have been given shall, in addition to any other penalty under this Part, be liable to forfeit or such less sum as the Court, having cognizance of the case, may deem just and the sum forfeited shall be applied for the benefit of the child in such manner as the Court may direct.
(2) Where under this section any such sum as aforesaid is ordered to be forfeited, the order may be enforced as if it were an order for the payment of a civil debt.
(3) Any person guilty of an offence under the foregoing provisions of this Part shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding .450 or to both such imprisonment and fine and the Court may order any child in respect of which the offence was committed to be removed to a place of safety.