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(1) Any person registered under this Act shall at all times, on demand, Certificate to be produce and show his certificate of registration to any of the shown to persons following persons, namely : on demand. (a) the prescribed authority or any other officer duly authorised by it in this behalf; (b) any authority authorised by the Government or any officer authorised by the Director, Tourism, Jharkhand; and (c) any bonafide customer. (2) Any person who refuses on demand to show his certificate to, or allowed to be read by, any of the persons authorized to demand it, shall be punishable with fine not exceeding Rs. 10,000.00. 39 Any person who commits a malpractice or contravenes any other provision of this Act for which no specific penalty has been provided, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine not exceeding Rs. 1,00,000.00 or with both. Penalty for malpractice 51 झारखÖड गजट (असाधारण) शुĐवार, 22 जनवरȣ, 2016 40 If any person wilfully obstructs or offers any resistance to, or otherwise interferes with the discharge of the functions of the prescribed authority or any other officer authorised by it, exercising any power, or performing any duties conferred or imposed upon it or him by or in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder, he shall be liable to punishment with simple imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine not exceeding Rs. 1,00,000.00 or with both. Obstructing lawful authorities 41 All offences under this Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Chief Judicial Magistrate or by any other Judicial Magistrate of the First Class specially authorised by the High Court and the provisions of Sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall, as far as may be, apply to such a trial 2 of 1974 Power of court to try cases summarily. Provided that when at the commencement of or in the course of a summary trial under this section, it appears to the Magistrate that the nature of the case is such that it is for any reason, undesirable to try summarily, the Magistrate shall after hearing the parties record an order to that effect and thereafter recall any witness, who may have been examined and proceed to hear or rehear the case in the manner provided by the said Code. 42 No prosecution shall be instituted against any person for any offence under this Act, except on a complaint made by the prescribed authority or the officer authorized by it or the Government in this behalf. Institution of proceedings. 43 The prescribed authority shall have all the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 while hearing an application under this Act in respect of the following matters, namely: 5 of 1908 (a) summoning and enforcing attendance of the complainant or the person against whom complaint is made under this Act and witnesses required in connection therewith; Powers of prescribed authority to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and other persons (b) compelling the production of any document; and (c) examining witnesses on oath, and may summon and examine suo moto any person, whose evidence appears to be material.