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Offences and Penalties :- (i) It shall be an offence under this Act if – (a) Any officer or member of a Fishermen Co-operative Society, having obtained settlement of Jalkars, intentionally neglects or refuses to do any act required to be done or to furnish any information required to be furnished by this Act. (b) Any officer or member of any Fishermen Cooperative Society, having obtained settlement of Jalkars, willfully makes a false return or furnishes false information. (c) Any officer or member of any Fishermen co-operative society sublets Jalkars to non- fisherman or gives fishing rights to non-fisherman by unauthorized sale. (d) Intentional water pollution encroachment in Jalkars, disfiguration of structure of Jalkars and (e) In spite of direction given by any Gazetted officer of Directorate, if the Secretary or member of a fishermen co-operative society fails to hand over or refuses to hand over or escapes to hand over the required records /Register. (ii) Any person who shall commit offenses under sub-section (i) and (v) of Section 13 and sub-section (i) of this section, shall be punishable with the imprisonment up to six months or a fine of Rs. 500 or with both. Such offence shall be cognizable.