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Bye-laws and penalties for their breach.- (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any other law and to such rules as may be prescribed, a Panchayat may, with the approval of the Inspector, make bye-laws for carrying out any of the purposes for which it is constituted. (2) In making a bye-law, the Panchayat may provide that any person who commits a breach thereof shall be liable to pay by way of penalty such sum as may be fixed by the Panchayat not exceeding fifteen rupees or, in case of a continuing breach, not exceeding five rupees for every day during which the breach continues after a penalty has been levied for the first breach. (3) The Government shall have power to make Rules regarding the procedure for the making of bye-laws, the publication thereof, and the date on which they shall come into effect.