Penalty for receiving unauthorised fees, etc

Penalty for receiving unauthorised fees, etc .-Any police officer who on any pretext, or under any circumstance, directly or indirectly, collects or receives any fee, gratuity, diet-money allowance or recompense, other than he may be duly authorised to collect or receive, shall on conviction be liable, to fine not exceeding six month's pay, or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or to both.