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Amendment of section 54.- In the Principal Act, in section 54,- (i) the existing provision shall numbered as sub - section (1); 59 (ii) after sub-section (1), as so numbered,- (a) in clause (i), for the words, “shall on conviction be punishable with fine upto two thousand rupees or with simple imprisonment for a term upto one month or with both and shall also be liable to fine of rupees five hundred,” the words “shall be liable to penalty upto two thousand rupees and shall also be liable to additional penalty of rupees five thousand”, shall be substituted; (b) in clause (ii), for the words “he shall on conviction be punishable with fine which may extend to a sum which exceeds the unlawful charges claimed or received by two thousand five hundred rupees or with simple imprisonment for a term upto one month or with both” the words “he shall be liable to penalty which may extend to a sum which exceeds the unlawful charges claimed or received by twenty thousand rupees”, shall be substituted; (c) in clause (iii),- (a) in sub-clause (a), for the words “on conviction be punishable with fine upto two thousand rupees or with simple imprisonment for a term upto one month or with both, and shall also be liable to fine of rupees two thousand” the words "be liable to penalty upto two thousand rupees and shall also be liable to fine of rupees twenty thousand” shall be substituted; (b) in sub-clause (b), the words “on conviction be punishable with fine upto one thousand rupees or with simple imprisonment for a term upto one 60 month or both and shall also be liable to fine of rupees two hundred” the words “be liable to penalty upto one thousand rupees and shall also be liable to penalty of rupees two thousand”, shall be substituted; and (c) in sub-clause (c), the words “on conviction be punishable with a fine upto two thousand rupees or with simple imprisonment for a term upto on minimum with both, and shall also be liable to fine of two hundred rupees” the words “be liable to penalty upto two thousand rupees and shall also be liable to penalty of two thousand rupees”, shall be substituted. (d) in clause (iv), for the words “he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees”, the words “ he shall be liable to penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees”, shall be substituted; (e) in clause (v), for the words “on conviction be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or double the rent receivable for a period of three months in case it has been relet, whichever is more, or with imprisonment for a term upto one month or with both” the words “be liable to penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or double the rent receivable for a period of three months in case it has been relet, whichever is more”, shall be substituted; (f) in clause (vi), for the words “he shall on conviction be punishable with fine upto three thousand 61 rupees or with simple imprisonment for a term upto one month or with both”, the words “shall be liable to penalty upto thirty thousand rupees”, shall be substituted; (g) in clause (vii), for the words “shall on conviction be punishable fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or double the rent the landlord receives after re-letting whichever is more, or imprisonment which may extend upto one month or with both”, the words “shall be liable to penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or double the rent the landlord receives after re- letting whichever is more”, shall be substituted; (h) in clause (ix), for the words “or with upto one month’s imprisonment, or with both, and shall also be liable to fine of one hundred rupees” the words “and shall also be liable to penalty of one thousand rupees”, shall be substituted; and (i) in clause (x), for the words “fine upto one thousand rupees or with imprisonment for a term upto one month or with both” the words “penalty upto ten thousand rupees” shall be substituted. (iii) after sub-section (1), as so renumbered and amended the following new sub-section shall be inserted, namely :- “(2) The penalties provided under sub-section (1) shall be increased by ten percent of the minimum amount of penalty in such manner as may be prescribed after the expiry 62 of every three years from the date of commencement of the Karnataka Rent (Amendment) Act, 2025.”