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Anv landholder, farmer, tahsildar or othf'r person in the Peo~tty for possession or management of land, who may have been duly zamlllda!'. · required by a Collector1 of the land-revenue (or any publicoffice r ~~~:Jr~ 1d}~~ acting in that capacity), in pursuance of section 3, Regulation II, troop•et etc. 18069 to provide supplies for a body of troops about to proceed ' by land or water • • • • * * , or to make preparations of boats, temporary bridges or otherwise, for enahling the troops to cross rivers or nalas intersecting their march, and after the receipt of such requisition shall wilfull) dis- obey or neglect the same. or shall without aufficient cause fail to exert himself tor the due execution of the duty so assigned to him, shall, on proof of such failure, neglect or disobedience to the satis- faction of the Collector1 (or other officer acting in that capacity) by whom the order may have been issued, or of his successor in the same office, be liable to a fine proportionate to the defaulter's condition in life and the circumstances of the case, in such amount as the Collector1 or other officer, with due regard to these consi- derations, may judge it proper to impose, so that the fine shall not in any case exceed the sum of one thousand "' * * ' rupees.