(1) It any person receives any payment in contravention of the provisions of section 5, he shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to a sum, which exceeds the unlawful charge claimed or received under that section by one thousand rupees, or with both.
(2) If any tenant sublets the whole or part of any premises in contravention of the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 13, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.
(3) If any landlord contravenes the provisions of section 29, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
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(4) If any landlord falls to comply with the provisions of section 30, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.
Cognizanci of offences. 32. (1) No court inferior to that of a magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Regulation.
(2) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Regulation, unless the complaint in respect of the offence has been made within three months from the date of the commission of the offence.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 32 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, it shall be lawful for any magistrate of the first class to pass a sentence of a fine exceeding two thousand rupees on a person convicted of an offence punishable under this Regulation.
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