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General provisions regarding penalties specified in Schedules III and IV - (1) Whoever, - (a) contravenes any of the provisions of this Act specified in the first and second columns of Schedule-III, or (b) contravenes any rule or order made under any of the provisions so specified; or (c) fails to comply with any direction lawfully given to him, or any requisition lawfully made upon him under or in pursuance of any of the said provisions, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to the amount mentioned in that behalf in the fourth column of the said Schedule. (2) Whoever after having been convicted of, - (a) contravening any of the provisions of this Act specified in the first and second columns of Schedule IV; or (b) contravening any rule or order made under any of the provisions so specified; or (c) failing to comply with any directions lawfully given to him, or any requisition lawfully made upon him under or in pursuance of any of the said provisions, continues to contravene the said provisions or the said rule or order, or continues to fail to complay with the said direction or requisition shall be punishable for each day after the previous date of conviction during which he continues so to offend, with fine which may extend to the amount mentioned in that behalf in the fourth column of the said Schedule. Explanation: The entries in the third column of Schedules III and IV headed 'subject' are not intended as definitions of the offences described in the provisions specified in the first and second columns thereof or even as abstracts of those provisions, but are inserted merely as references to the subject dealt with therein. 1[271A. Penalty for not handling over documents, moneys etc., to the newly elected Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat – (1) Any person who having been the Sarpanch, Temporary Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat fails to hand over any documents of, or any moneys or other properties vested in or belonging to, the Gram Panchayat, which are in, or have come into, his possession or control, to his successor in office or other prescribed authority, - (i) in every case, within a period of thirty days from the expiry of his term of office as such Sarpanch, Temporary Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch; and (ii) in the case of person, who was the Upa-Sarpanch also within a period of thirty days on demand by the Sarpanch shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend upto six months or with fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or with both, for every such offence. (2) Any person who is convicted under sub-section (1) fails to handover any documents of, or any moneys or other properties vested in, or belonging to the Gram Panchayat, which are in or have come into, his possession, or control to his successor in office, shall be punishable for each day after conviction during which he continues to persist in his offence with a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees. (3) In cases falling under sub-sections (1) and (2), the court may, apart from ordering conviction for the offence, order the seizure of the documents, moneys or other properties of the Gram Panchayat from the person convicted.]