Maintenance of Panchayat records, etc., and liability to hand them over.

(4) Any person who wilfully evades handing over under this section the prescribed records and registers or other property belonging to or vested in the Sabha or the Panchayat shall be punishable, on conviction by a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act.