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1956 26 The Rajasthan Regulation of Boating Act, 1956 (1) In section 10, for the existing expression “if the licensee has been guilty of”, the expression “if it is found that the licensee has ever been penalised under section 14 for” shall be substituted. (2) In clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 12, for the existing punctuation mark “.” appearing at the end, the words “; or” shall be substituted and after clause (f) so amended, the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:- “(g) imposition of any penalty under section 14 or compounding of contravention under section 14A.”. (3) For the existing section 14, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “14. Penalty.- (1) Whoever commits or abets, or attempts to commit a contravention of any of the provisions of this Act, or charges any fares contrary to the provisions of any notification issued under section 13 for the time being in force, shall be liable to pay a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, as may be imposed by the authority prescribed in the rules. (2) The penalty imposed under sub-section (1) shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.”. 5 (4) After section 14 so amended, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:- “14A. Compounding of contraventions.- (1) The authority may either before or after the institution of proceedings, compound any contravention under this section on payment of such sum, not exceeding the maximum amount of penalty imposable, as may be prescribed. (2) The manner of imposing penalty and compounding of contravention shall be such as may be prescribed.”. (5) In sub-section (2) of section 16,- (i) in clause (b), the existing word “and” appearing at the end, shall be deleted; (ii) in clause (c), for the existing punctuation mark “.” appearing at the end, the punctuation mark “;” shall be substituted and after clause (c) so amended, the following new clauses shall be inserted, namely:- “(d) the authority competent to impose administrative penalties or to compound contraventions; (e) the procedure for compounding and the amount payable; and (f) the classification of contraventions and the scale of penalties applicable thereto.”.