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Penalty for default in permission.— (1) Any person erecting constructing or placing a hoarding without permission of the Competent Authority shall be punishable with penalty as may be prescribed. Provided that any Agency for hoarding which has made an application for renewal of the permission, before the date of its expiry and if the same is pending disposal, shall not be a defaulter for the purposes of this section. (2) Any person displaying an advertisement on any hoarding without following the procedure under Section 12 shall be punishable with penalty as may be prescribed. (3) Where the person on whom the penalty is imposed under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or both does not within thirty days from the date of the order imposing such penalty, pay the penalty imposed, then such person shall be liable to pay, by way of penal interest, a sum of:— (a) Rs. 1000/- for each day for the first thirty days from the date of the expiry of the period of thirty days and, (b) Rs. 2000/- for each day thereafter. (4) Where the person or an Agency on whom the penalty is imposed under sub-section (1) or subsection (2) or both and/or penal interest under sub-section (3), the same shall be recovered as arrears ---12--- of land revenue, and the hoarding shall be removed at the cost of the defaulter.