Amendment of Section 314 of the Bihar Act 11, 2007

(1) In Section 314 of the said Act, the words “by a certified Architect registered under Architects Act, 1972” appearing after the words “the building plan is approved” shall be substituted by the following: “By a competent authority to be designated under Rules and Bye Laws to be framed by the Government”.

1. (2) The second Proviso to Section 314 shall be substituted by the following, - “Provided further that in case the building plan is in contravention or deviation of the building bye-law, in addition to any other action that may be taken under this Act, the registered architect, the builder and the approving authority shall be liable to be prosecuted and shall be liable to pay fine of Rupees fifty thousand or sentence to imprisonment for a period which may extend to one year or both.”