State Act

Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952 As applicable to Haryana

12. Offences and penalties. – (1) Any person who – (a) erects or re-erects any building or makes or extends any excavation or lays out any means of access to a road in contravention of the provisions of Section 5 or in contravention of any conditions imposed by an order under Section 6 or Section 7, or (b) Uses any land in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 11; shall be punishable [with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, and in the case of continuing contravention, with a further fine which may extend to five hundred rupees] for every day after the date of the first conviction during which he is provided to have persisted in the contravention. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Director may, by notice, served by post and if a person avoids service, or is not available for service of notice, or refuses to accept service, then by fixing a copy of it on the outer door or some other conspicuous part of such premises or in such other manner as may be prescribed, call upon any person who has committed a breach of the provisions referred to in the said sub-section to stop further construction and to appear and show cause why he should not be ordered to restore to its original state or to bring it in conformity with the provisions of the Act or the rules, as the case may be, any building or land in respect of which a contravention such as described in the said sub-section has been committed, and if such person fails to show cause to the satisfaction of the Director within a period of seven days, the Director may pass an order requiring him to restore such land or building to its original state or to bring it in conformity with the provisions of the Act or the rules, as the case may be, within a further period of seven days. (3) If the order made under sub-section (2) is not carried out, within the specified period, the Director may himself, at the expiry of the period of this order, take such measures as may appear necessary to give effect to the order. Cost of the such measures shall, if not paid on demand being made to him, be recoverable from such person as arrears of land revenue; Provided that even before the expiry of seven days period mentioned in the order under sub-section (2), if the Director is satisfied that instead of stopping the erection or re-erection of the building or making or extending of the excavation or laying out of the means of access to a road, as the case may be, the person continues with the contravention, the Director may himself take such measures as may appear necessary to give effect to the order and the cost of such measures, shall, if not paid on demand being made to him, be recoverable from such person as arrears of land revenue.]