State Act

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Section 147. Penalty for injuring boundary marks.

THE KARNATAKA LAND REVENUE ACT, 1964

Act no. 12 of 19641964In forceKarnataka (State Act)

1[(147. Penalty for injuring boundary marks.— (1) Any person wilfully erasing, removing or injuring a boundary mark, or unauthorizedly constructing a boundary mark, shall, after a summary inquiry before the Tahsildar, or before a Survey Officer holding a Gazetted rank, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees for each mark so erased, removed, injured, displaced or unauthorizedly constructed. (2) The fine imposed under sub-section (1) shall be recovered as an arrear of land revenue and out of it an amount not exceeding one half may be awarded by the officer imposing the fine to the informer or informers, if any.]1