Section 32
Punishment
(1) If a landowner or any person acting on his/her behalf:
(a) forcefully evicts or expels a tenant from the land being possessed and used by the tenant in any manner except by order of the Court or Village Development Committee or Municipality pursuant to this Chapter, or (b) evicts the tenant from the land being possessed and used by him/her by fraud or deception or dishonesty in any other manner, the person doing such act shall be punished, by order of the prescribed authority, 72 with a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000/- (One Thousand Rupees) … … ….73
(2) In the event that the Court holds the landowner guilty under Subsection (1), the following order shall also be issued in the name of the landowner:
(a) That the tenant be allowed to again possess and use the land, and
(b) That compensation be paid to the tenant for illegal eviction or expulsion by the landowner of the tenant from the land, according to the tenant’s share of crop which would accrue to the tenant if the tenant was allowed to possess and use the land.
(3) If any person violates any matter contained in Sub-section (5), (7) or (8) of Section 26, that person shall be punished, by order of the prescribed authority,74 with a fine not exceeding Rs. 5,00/- (Five Hundred Rupees); and the Court may also require the tenant who has violated the said Sub-section (5) to pay to his/her landowner such compensation as the Court deems appropriate.
(4) If any person causes let and hindrance in the preparation of inventory pursuant to Section 30 or fails to perform any duty required to be performed pursuant to this Act or the Rules or orders framed or issued under this Act, such person may be punished with a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000/- (One Thousand Rupees) … … …75 by order of the prescribed authority. 76
(5)77 The prescribed authority may punish a landowner who fails to give information pursuant to Clauses (b) and (c) of the proviso to Subsection (1) of Section 26 with a fine not exceeding Rs. 5,00/- (Five Hundred Rupees) and a tenant who violates Section 26A. with a fine not exceeding Rs. 2,50/- (Two Hundred and Fifty Rupees); and that sale and purchase shall ipso facto be void.
(a) forcefully evicts or expels a tenant from the land being possessed and used by the tenant in any manner except by order of the Court or Village Development Committee or Municipality pursuant to this Chapter, or (b) evicts the tenant from the land being possessed and used by him/her by fraud or deception or dishonesty in any other manner, the person doing such act shall be punished, by order of the prescribed authority, 72 with a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000/- (One Thousand Rupees) … … ….73
(2) In the event that the Court holds the landowner guilty under Subsection (1), the following order shall also be issued in the name of the landowner:
(a) That the tenant be allowed to again possess and use the land, and
(b) That compensation be paid to the tenant for illegal eviction or expulsion by the landowner of the tenant from the land, according to the tenant’s share of crop which would accrue to the tenant if the tenant was allowed to possess and use the land.
(3) If any person violates any matter contained in Sub-section (5), (7) or (8) of Section 26, that person shall be punished, by order of the prescribed authority,74 with a fine not exceeding Rs. 5,00/- (Five Hundred Rupees); and the Court may also require the tenant who has violated the said Sub-section (5) to pay to his/her landowner such compensation as the Court deems appropriate.
(4) If any person causes let and hindrance in the preparation of inventory pursuant to Section 30 or fails to perform any duty required to be performed pursuant to this Act or the Rules or orders framed or issued under this Act, such person may be punished with a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000/- (One Thousand Rupees) … … …75 by order of the prescribed authority. 76
(5)77 The prescribed authority may punish a landowner who fails to give information pursuant to Clauses (b) and (c) of the proviso to Subsection (1) of Section 26 with a fine not exceeding Rs. 5,00/- (Five Hundred Rupees) and a tenant who violates Section 26A. with a fine not exceeding Rs. 2,50/- (Two Hundred and Fifty Rupees); and that sale and purchase shall ipso facto be void.