(1) If a person fails to submit an inventory required to be submitted pursuant to Section 13 or Section 16 or submits an incomplete inventory or does deliberately submit a false inventory, the land in question shall be confiscated by order of the prescribed authority. Provided that31 –
(a) If neither the creditor nor the debtor has submitted an inventory in respect of the land subject to usufruct mortgage or pledge, the legal validity of the creditor’s amount incurred in such land shall be terminated and such land shall also be confiscated by order of the prescribed authority.
(b) The prescribed authority shall, prior to confiscating the land in question, provide the concerned person with an opportunity to make explanation, along with the proof and evidence showing as to why the confiscation should not be made, and the prescribed authority shall, by also examining the proof and evidence submitted by the concerned person, make decision to or not to confiscate the land in question. (2) If a person hinders or obstructs the prescribed authority or the employee deputed by him/her in the act of acquiring land pursuant to Section 15, such person so hinders or obstructs may, by order of the prescribed authority, be punished with a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000/- (One Thousand Rupees) or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding Six months or with both.
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