Penalty for disobedience of order of Corporation authorities.

Whoever disobeys any lawful direction or prohibition given by an authority of the Corporation by a public notice or any written notice lawfully issued by it under the provision this act, or fails to comply with the condition subject to which any permission was given to him by an authority of the Corporation under the said provision, shall, if the disobedience or omission is not an offence punishable under any other section, be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, and in case of continuing breach, with a further fine which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first during which the breach continues: Provided that when the notice fixes a time within which a certain act is to be done and no time is specified in this Act, it shall rest with the magistrate trying an offence under this section to determine whether the time so fixed was reasonable for purpose of compliance with the notice. [398. Penalty for disobedience of order of Corporation authorities.— Whoever disobeys any lawful direction or prohibition given by an authority of the Corporation by a public notice, or by any written notice lawfully issued under the provisions of this Act, or fails to comply with the conditions subject to which any permission was granted to him by an authority of the Corporation under the said provisions, shall, if the disobedience or omission is not an offence liable under any other Section, be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees; and in the case of a continuing breach, to a further penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees for every day after the first during which the breach continues: Provided that when the notice fixes a time within which a certain act is to be done and no time is specified in this Act, it shall rest with the magistrate trying an offence under this section to determine whether the time so fixed was reasonable for purpose of compliance with the notice.]