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Penalties. -(1) If nny person wilfully fails or neglects to comply with any lawíul order passed under this Act or contravenes any such order or offers resistance or obstruotion to the taking by the Deputy Commissioner of charge or possessiou of any property wrhich has vested in the State under this Act or furnishes intormatio which he knows or has roason to believe to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall, on conviction by a magistrate, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fn 142 which may extend to two hundred rupees or with both. (2) No prosecution under sub-section (1) shall be instituteal except with the previous sanction of the Deputy Commissioner o the District.