State Act
Section 373
Art. 373 – The following persons are obliged to denounce the encroachment of land:– 1. The attorney of the comunidade; 2. The lessee of the fields, both in relation to land leased as well as of embankment, drains and lands enclosed by or confining it, which are not found leased to another individual. § 1. The attorney who does not denounce the encroachment of land, as soon as it comes to his knowledge, shall be dismissed from the office, and shall forfeit in favour of the comunidade the allowance to which he is entitled for the service rendered up to the date of the discovery of the encroachment of land. § 2. The lessee who fail to denounce the encroachment of land soon after they come to know about it, shall be liable to pay a fine equal to half of the value of land encroached.