State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994

396. Penalty for breaches of bye-laws.- 1[(1)] Any bye-laws made under this Act may provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable,- (a) with fine which may extend to 2[fifty thousand rupees]; or (b) with fine which may extend to 3[fifty thousand rupees] and in the case of continuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to 4[five thousand rupees] for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first contravention; or (c) with fine which may extend to 5[five thousand rupees] for every day during which the contravention continues, after the receipt of a notice from the Commissioner or any Corporation Officer duly authorised in that behalf by the person contravening the bye-law requiring such person to discontinue such contravention. (2) Any such bye-law may also provide that a person contravening the same shall be required to remedy, so far as lies in his power, the mischief, if any, caused by such contravention.