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Penalty for contravention of any lawful order.- If the trustee of any public trust, any cultivating tenant under any public trust or any other person contravenes any lawful order passed under this Act or obstructs any person from, lawfully taking possession of any land for the possession of which such person is entitled in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or of any order passed thereunder, such trustee, cultivating tenant or other person shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. *49-A. Penalty for obstructing the trustee or authorized officer from taking possession.- If any person obstructs any trustee of a public trust or the authorized officer from taking possession of the land under sub-section (4) or sub-section (5) of section 14-A or under section 15-A, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.