Prohibition of cutting trees and erecting buildings etc.

(1) After a notification under sub-section (1) of section 14 has issued and during the pendency of the consolidation proceedings, no land-owner upon whose land consolidation scheme will be binding shall have power without the sanction of the Consolidation Officer to cut trees from, or erect buildings or other structures upon, any portion of his original holdings included in the scheme. (2) If any person contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) he shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. (3) An offence under this section shall be cognizable and bailable. (4) If any building or other structure is erected in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) and the land-owner fails to remove it within one month of the date of publication of the Shajra under sub-section (1) of section 21, it shall, without payment of any compensation, vest in the new land-owner who enters into possession of that holding as a result of repartition.