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Dealing with the property of nuisance.— Any property, thing, material or object, which is a nuisance under this Act, may be disposed off or dealt with by the Government, in the manner it deems fit. 2[9A. Prohibition of certain activities in tourist places.— (1) The following activities are prohibited in tourist places, namely:— (a) consumption of liquor in open; (b) cooking food in open; (c) littering waste including used material, empty bottles, etc. (d) breaking of glass bottles; and (e) such other activity as may be specified by the Government, by notification in the Official Gazette. (2) Any person violating the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be liable to pay a fine of Rs. 2000/- (Rupees two thousand only) to the competent authority or any ---4--- other officer authorized by it in this behalf. Where such violation is committed by more than one person in a group, such group shall be liable to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only). In case such person refused to pay such amount he shall be liable to punishment specified in section 10. (3) No person engaged in business of sale of liquor shall allow its customer to carry bottles/cans containing liquor in tourist places.] 3[10. Offences and penalties.— Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or fails to comply with any order or direction given under this Act or obstructs any person acting under the order or direction of the Competent Authority from exercising his powers and performing his functions under this Act, shall be punishable with fine not less than Rs. 5000/- but which may extend to Rs. 50000/-] 4 [“10. Offences and Penalties.— Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or fails to comply with any order or directions given under this Act or obstructs any person acting under the orders or directions of the Competent Authority from exercising his powers and performing his functions under this Act, shall be punishable with a fine of Rs. 5000/- which may extend to Rs. 1,00,000/- and shall be also liable for punishment under section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act 45 of 2023).]” 5[10A. Revision of fines.— The fine as provided in this Act shall be evaluated by the Government in consultation with the Competent Authority, every two years.]