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Substituted vide Orissa Act 16 of 2003. 22 (b) forcibly enters into any place within the Temple when such entrance is prohibited under any law or custom or under any lawful order issued by the Committee or by 1[Chief Administrator]; or (c) takes inside the premises of the Temple any article knowing that the taking of such article is prohibited under any law or custom or by any declaration made and published in the prescribed manner by the Committee with due regard to the prevailing custom, public health, morality or the religious sentiments of the public; shall on conviction be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to two months or with fine which may extend to 2[one thousand rupees] or with both. (5) Whoever :– (a) dries Annamahaprasad for conversion into Nirmalya at any place within the premises of the Temple without being authorised by the Committee in that behalf; or (b) sells or offers or exposes for sale any Mahaprasad at any place within the premises of the Temple, other than the place allotted by the Committee for the said purpose; or (c) answers the call of nature at any place within the premises of the Temple, other than that set apart for the purpose; or (d) enters the premises of the Temple in a state of intoxication and conducts himself in such a manner as to cause annoyance to any person; or (e) commits any act of indecency or uses obscene or abusive language within the premises of the Temple; shall on conviction be punishable with fine which may extend to 2[one thousand rupees]. 3[30-B. Offence to be cognisable :– Any police officer may arrest without a warrant any person who is committing or who is reasonably suspected to have committed any offence under this Act. 30-C. Gognizance of offences :– (1) No Court inferior to that of a 2[Magistrate of the First Class] shall try any offence under this Act. (2) No Court shall take cognizance of any such offence without the previous sanction of 1[Chief Administrator]. 30-D. Composition of offences :– (1) 1[Chief Administrator] may accept from any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed an offence under this Act a sum of money not exceeding :– (a) in cases coming under Clause (b) of Sub-section (2) of Section 30-A, double the amount of the value of the bhog; and (b) in-any other case, the maximum amount of fine which may be imposed in respect of the offence, by way of composition of the offence.