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Punishment of customary sweepers for negligence. - (1) Should a sweeper who has a customary right to do the house-scavenging of a house or building (here- inafter called the customary sweeper) fail to perform such house- scavenging in a proper way and at reasonable intervals, the occupier of the house or building or the committee may complain to a 1[judicial magistrate]. (2) The magistrate receiving such complaint shall hold an enquiry, and, should it appear to him that the customary sweeper has failed to perform the house-scavenging of the house or building in a proper way or at reasonable intervals, he may impose upon such sweepers a fine which may extend to ten rupees, and, upon a second or any later conviction in regard to the same house or building, may also direct the right of the customary sweeper to do the house-scavenging of the house or building to be for- feited, and thereupon such right shall be forfeited accordingly. 2[(3) Should any sweeper (other than a customary sweeper) who is under contract to do the house-scavenging of a house or building discontinue to do such house-scav- enging without having given 14 days’ notice to his employer or without reasonable 82 The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 160