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Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rule or order made thereunder shall, unless otherwise provided for in this Acl on convicnon, be punishnble-> Explanation.-For the purposes of clause (iii) "persistent encroachment" shall mean continuance or committing of encroachment by any person on the same ponion or place of the highway for which he was punished earlier under clause (i) and (ii) of this Section. (iii} for presistem encroachment, imprisonment upto rwo months plus a funner fine not exceedina five hundred rupees per day on which such occupation of the highway or cocro schmeat continues (ii) for a subsequent offence in relation to the same cneroachrneot wilh fine which may extend 10 ten thousand rupees; (i) for first offence with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees; (b) iails 10 comply with the notice served on him under sub-section (I) of Section 34 for no valid reason shall on conviction be punihsable-> (a) occupies or makes nny encroachment on any hig)lW•Y in cootraveonon of the provisions of sub section (l) or Section 33: or