Section 38
Punishment
(1) If any landowner is proved to have collected any amount from the tenant in violation of Section 33 or 35,………86 the prescribed authority 87 may have the amount so collected refunded to the tenant and also punish the landowner with a fine as per the amount in controversy.
(2) If any landowner fails to give a receipt to the tenant in violation of Section 34, the prescribed authority, Court or Village Development Committee or Municipality may punish such landowner with a fine not exceeding Rs. 5,00/- (Five Hundred Rupees). 88
(3) If any landowner is proved to have engaged the tenant in any work in violation of Section 37, the Village Development Committee or Municipality shall cause that landowner to pay to the tenant the wages two times as many as the local rate.
(3a)89 If any landowner is held to have collected any amount from the tenant in violation of Section 37, the prescribed authority, Court or Village Development Committee or Municipality shall cause such landowner to repay such collected amount to the tenant, and may punish such landowner with a fine equal to the amount in controversy.
(4) The prescribed authority, Court or Village Development Committee or Municipality 90 may punish a person violating this Chapter and committing any acts other than those mentioned in the said Subsections with a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,00/-(One Hundred Rupees).