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Penalties- (1) Any person who, whether al his own instance or at the instance of any other person or any body (including a department of Government), undertakes or carries out development of any land in contravention of the development plan or without the permission, approval or sanction referred to in Section 15 or in contravention of any condition subject to which such permission. approval or sanction has been granted, shall on conviction be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term, which may extend t~ six months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both and the Court shall in such order of conviction direct that if such contravention continues after the date of the order of conviction, a fine not exceeding five hun~red rupees per day during the period during which the contravention continues, shall be recovered from the person so convicted : Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary, to be mentioned in the judgment of the Court, the fine shall not be less Iha~ two thousand rupees, and the case of continuing contravention of the prov1s1ons, the fine shall not be less than one hundred rupees per day. . (2) Any person who uses or permits the user of any land or building in contraventro~ ?'the prov.soons of Section 19 or in contravention of any terms an~ cond1t1ons pres ~ri~ed by regulations made under the proviso to · that section ~ha ll, on conv1ct1on, be punishable with simple imprisonment for~ term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend t~ five thousand rupees, or with both, and in the case of continuing offence wit~ further fine which may extend lo two hundred rupees for everyday, durin~ which the offence continues after conviction. r (3) An~ person who obstructs the entry of any person empowered ,o duly auth~nsed under Section 89 to enter into or upon any land or building or p revents in any manner such person from the discharge of his lawful ~uties, after s~ch entry shall, on conviction be punishable with simple imprisonment or a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both. · . (4) Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder or any direction issued in pursuance of an dev~lopment plan approve.d under this Act and if such contravention is n:i p~n1shable u~der .the foregoing sub-sections, shall. on conviction be punishable w~th simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which shall ~ot be less th.an fifty rupees and not more than one thousand rupees or with both and in the case of continuing offence with further fine which shall not be less than ten rupees and more tha ~ f'ft rupees for everyday during which the offence continues after conviction.' y