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(1) If any person, who has been evicted from any unauthorised occupation on a highway land under this Act, again occupies any highway land without permission for such occupation under this Act, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which shall not be less than five thousand rupees or other applicable rates per square meter of the so occupied highway land but which shall not exceed two times the cost of private land adjacent to the highway land, or with both. (2) Any court, convicting a person or legal entity under sub-section (1), may make an order for evicting that person or legal entity from such occupied highway land summarily and he shall be liable to such eviction without prejudice to any other action that may be taken against him. Unauthorised occupation of a highway. Unauthorised access to highway. 53