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SUMMARY EVICTION AND FINE. (1) Any person who is in wrong ful or unauthorised possession of any land (a) the transfer (or disposition) of which to him either by the act of pal ties or by the operation of law is invalid under the provisions of this Act; may, after summary enquiry be ejected by the Collector who may also impose on such person a penalty not exceeding five hundred rupees. (2) The Collector may direct that the whole or any part of the penal~ imposed under sub-section (1) shall be paid to the person who has sustained, any loss or damage by such wrongful or unauthorised possession of the land.