Penalties

Penalties.-If any person, without permission of a Revenue Officer of a grade to be specified by the State Government -

1. (a) clears or breaks up for cultivation, or cultivates any land which is owned by, or is in the possession of the Government and is not included in any tenancy or allotted residential enclosure or which has been set apart for the common purposes of a town or village community or section of the same or for a road, canal or watercourse; or
2. (b) erects any building on any such land ; or
3. (c) fells or otherwise destroys standing trees on such land ; or
4. (d) otherwise encroaches on any such land ; or
5. (e) makes an excavation or constructs a water channel on any such land ; he shall, on complaint made by order of or under authority from the Collector, be punished on conviction with a fine not exceeding Rs. 200. Explanation.-The felling of trees planted by an owner or tenant on any village road or water-course traversing his holding is not an offence under this section.