Punishment for abetment of the offence of illegal construction

Whoever, in the area of illegal diversion or illegal colonization- (i) being an officer, having power to sanction layout or sanction a map for the construction of a building, grants, sanctions or approves such layout or the map: or (ii) being an officer under a primary duty to do so knowingly omits to report illegal diversion of land or illegal construction of a building in such an area to the proper authority; or (iii) being an officer or the authority competent to sanction electrical or water supply connection grants such sanction with respect to the building in such area; or (iv) illegally influences the officers aforesaid in granting such sanction or in omitting to make a report of such illegal diversion of land or construction of a building in such area, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description which may extend to one year or with fine or both: Provided that nothing contained in clause (iii) shall apply to the cases covered thereby where the Collector of the district concerned certifies that in the public interest there is no objection to provide electrical and water supply connections to the buildings in the area of illegal diversion or illegal colonization in existence immediately prior to the 30th October, 1982.