Accountant, the Village Panchayat Secretary and the Gramasevak.

Penalties.- (1) Whoever contravenes any prohibition, restriction or direction contained in a notification issued under section 3 shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.

1. (2) Any occupier who is deemed to have committed an offence under this Act under section 7 or section 9, shall on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
2. (3) Whoever commits a breach of the provisions of any rule made under section 20 shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
3. (4) Whoever voluntarily obstructs or offers any resistance to or impedes or otherwise interferes with,-
   • (a) any officer or person exercising any powers or performing any duties conferred or imposed on him by or in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or otherwise discharging any functions in connection with preventive or remedial measures taken or to be taken under the provisions of this Act or any orders or directions made or given thereunder ; or
   • (b) any person, who is carrying out the orders or directions of any such officer or person as aforesaid or who is otherwise acting in accordance with his duty in pursuance of this Act or any orders, or directions made or given thereunder, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.