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If any parson wilfully contravenes my kwfd order mnalty for passed under this Act or obstructs any person from lawfully contraven- taking possession of any land under any of the provisions tion of any of this Act, he shall be punishable with fine which may l a m order. extend to five hundred rupees. 3491 . If any person, after the date of vesting inthe Govern- Penaltv for cutting trees merit of any land acquired under this Act and bofore the or for ,,, disposal of such land under this Act, outs or causes to be vitll any cut, trees on the land, or removes or causes to be removed, machinery, acy building, %[machinery, plant, apparatus, welts, filter etc. points or powm lines] constructed, erected or fixed on the land and used for agricultural purposes, or does or causes to be done any act likely to diminish the utility of thr land, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a I 3 term which may extend to one year, or with fine not exwe- ding one thousand r upees, or witb both. Pa. (1) If the person committing an offence under this m n c e s by Act is a company, the company as well as every person comr;anies,i in charge of, and responsible to, the company for the ------ I This sect ion was i n serf ed by section 5 of the 'Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of a i l i n g on Land) Sixth Amendment ~ c t , 1972 (Tamil Nadu Act 7 of 1974). Thxe words w2re sub;titudcd far ths wards " mlchinery, plant or apparatus " by szctjon 3 (8) of th: Tam'i Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Coiling 311 Lznd) Aa:ndrnant A$, i 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 41 of 1971). a 125-6-68A 1064 Land Reforms [1961: T. N. A d 58 (~ixotion qf Ceiling on .Lad) conduct of' its business at the time of the commission of the offence shall be doamed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punisbed accordingly : Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall rendar any such person liable to any punishment if he proves that the offence was wmmitted without his . knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. (2) No~.withstanding anything contained in sub-section (I), where an offence under this Act has been committed , by a company and it is proved that the offence has , been committed with the consent or connivance of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director: manager, secretary or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liabb to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. ExpIunutfon.--For the purposes of this sedion- (a) " company" mans any body corporate and includes s firm or other association of iudividuds, and (b) " director " in mhtion to a, firm means a partnor in the firm. b@m 93. (1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence Of punishable under this Act except on complaint in writing made by the authorized officer or any officer empowered by him by special order- (2) No court infe~ior to that of a *Presidency Magis- trate or a Magistrate of the first class*shall try any offence punishable under this. Act. * Accordirlg to clauses (a) and (c) of sub-section (3) of section 3 cf the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act Z70f 1974), any reference to a Magistrate of the first class shall be construed as a reference to a Judicial Magistrate of the first class and any reference to a Presidency Magistrate shall be construcd as a refer~ncc to a Metropolitan Magistrate with effect on and from 1st April 1974. . * - " w. Ref&@& vixation of 1 cetiiR& @n LLmul). CHAPTER XIPI: DISPOSAL OF LAND A C ~ ~ ~ E D BY Tiia GO- UNDB : - , THIS ACT.