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Section 117

Section 117. Offences and penalties

(1) Whoever contravenes any provision of any of the sections, sub-sections or clauses mentioned in the first column of the following Table shall, on conviction, for each such offence, be punishable with fine which may extend to the amount mentioned in that behalf in the third column of the said Table.

Explanation.-The entries in the second column of the said Table headed "subject" are not intended as the definitions of offences described in the sections, sub-sections and clauses mentioned in the first column, or even as abstracts of those sections, sub-sections and clauses, but are inserted merely as references to the subjects of the sections, sub-sections and clauses, the numbers of which are given in the first column.

Table

Section, sub-section or clause.

Subject

Fine which may be imposed.

1

2

3

Section 13

Recovery of rent by way of crop-share or in excess of commuted cash-rent.

1,000

Section 14

Receipt of rent in form of labour or service

1,000

Section 16

Levy of cess, rate, vero, huk, tax or service which has been abolished.

1,000

Section 32

Failure to give written receipt for the amount of rent received.

100

Section 36

Taking possession of land or dwelling house contrary to section 36.

1,000

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(2) An offence for the contravention of the provisions of section 2[14, 16 or 36] shall be cognizable.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.