If any person contravenes a notification under section 3(b) of this Act proh ibiting or restricting the removal of any plant or crop from one place to another he shall be deemed to have comm itted an offence under this Act. Any one convicted by a magistra te of such an offence shall, in addition to confiscat ion and destruction of the plan t or crop in respec t of which the offence was commit ted, be liable to a fine not exceeding Rs.50 or in default to simple im priso nment for a perio d not exceeding ten days.
PART III Miscellaneous
16. Compensation to occupier for trees and plants destroyed-—Where an occupier destroys any trees or plants or crop in obedience to a notice issued under section 6, he may be gran ted compensation in accordance with such rules as may be made under this Act.