Penalty for obstruction etc.

If any person-

(a) obstructs or molests any person, with whom the Board has entered into a contract, in the performance or execution by such person of his duty or of anything which he is empowered or required to do under this Act; or

(b) removes any mark set up for the purpose of indicating any level or direction necessary to the execution of works authorised under this Act;

he shall, on conviction be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.