Chapter V MISCELLANEOUS

Any person, who does any act which causes damage to any of the works carried out or maintained under any scheme which has come into force under section 11 shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, it shall be lawful for a landowner, whose land is included in a scheme, to enhance the rent payable by a tenant of such land by such amount, in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

(1) Nothing in the Indian Registration Act, 1908, shall be deemed to require the registration of any document, plan or map prepared, made or sanctioned in connection with a scheme which has come into force under section 11. (2) All such documents, plans and maps shall, for the purposes of sections 48 and 49 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908, be deemed to be registered in accordance with the provisions of that Act.

If the State Government is satisfied upon an application made by a District Land Improvement schemes. Committee that it is necessary to revoke a scheme or a part thereof or if the State Government is satisfied that a scheme or a part thereof is against public interest, it may, by notification, revoke the scheme or a part thereof, as the case may be, and upon such revocation, the provisions of this Act, except section 19, shall cease to apply to such scheme or a part thereof.

Documents, plans and maps relating to a scheme shall be open for public inspection at the office of every Tahsildar for the area in respect of which a scheme has been prepared at any time during office hours and certified copies thereof may be obtained on payment of the prescribed fee.

The State Government, and, subject to the control of the State Government, the Soil Conservation Officer, may, by notification, direct that any power exercisable by it or him under this Act shall, in relation to such matters and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, be exercisable also by such Officer or authority subordinate to the State Government or the Soil Conservation Officer, as the case may be, as may be specified in the notification.

The Soil Conservation Officer, the Enquiry Officer or any other Officer, exercising any power or performing any function under this Act, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person deemed to be a public servant under section 27 in respect of anything which good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder.

The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900.