Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any person who is in wrongful ‘or un- Summaty evic- 3 : on and fine. authorised possession of any land— (a) the transfer of which either by the act of parties or by the operation of law is invalid under the provision of this Act; or {b) to the use and occupation of which he is not entitled 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 hund- red rupees. (2) The Collector may direct that the whole or any part of the penalty imposed under sub-section (I) shall be paid to the person who has sustained any loss or damage by the wrongful or unauthorised pos- session of the land.