Chapter VI Chapter VI

Offences and Penalties

1. (1) Any officer authorized by the Authority in this behalf may remove any encroachment from the premises of a notified bus terminal, after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the person concerned, and in doing so he may use reasonable force.
2. (2) In addition to removal of such encroachment, the officer referred to in sub-section (1) may also impose on the encroacher a penalty not exceeding rupees twenty five thousand and may recover such penalty along with the cost of removal of such encroachment from the encroacher.

Any officer authorized by the Authority in this behalf may impose on any person who wilfully damages or defaces the premises of a notified bus terminal or any part thereof or any property of the Authority or endangers the safety of buses, vehicles and persons using a notified bus terminal or any facility thereat, a penalty not exceeding rupees twenty five thousand and may recover such penalty along with the cost of restoring the property so damaged or defaced from such person.

Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or of any rules or regulations made thereunder, if no penalty is provided for such contravention, be liable to pay a penalty to the Authority,-

1. (a) which may extend to rupees ten thousand, in case of first contravention; and
2. (b) which shall not be less than rupees two thousand five hundred but which may extend to rupees fifty thousand, in case of second or subsequent contravention.

1. (1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed, was incharge of, and was responsible to the company, for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence, and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment provided in this Act if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section,-
   • (a) “company” means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and
   • (b) “director” in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.