A passenger shall upon demand made during the course of or immediately before or after the journey, produce to any prescribed authority the ticket, voucher or document relating to his travel or to the carriage of his goods. On his failure to do so [he shall be chargeable] with twice the fare as penalty.
[14A. Penalty. - (1) Whoever contravenes, or fails to comply with, any of provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or any order or direction made or given thereunder, shall, if no other penalty is provided under this Act for such contravention or failure, be liable to imposition of a penalty not exceeding [five thousand rupees].
(2) [A person] appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 7, may, after affording to the person concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard, impose the penalty specified in sub-section (1).]
[14B. Interest on delayed payment. - Where any tax or penalty is not paid within prescribed time, the owner of the vehicle shall be liable to pay interest at the rate of two per cent per month on the amount of tax and penalty remaining unpaid for a period not exceeding three months, and also additional interest upto two per cent per month for the period of default exceeding three months :
Provided that the above provisions shall not be applicable to the arrears of tax and penalty payable prior to the date of commencement of the Punjab Passengers and Goods Taxation (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2002 :
Provided further that where the recovery of tax or penalty is stayed by the Appellate Authority, High Court or Supreme Court, the amount of such tax or penalty shall be recoverable with interest at the rate of two per cent per month on the amount ultimately found due and such interest shall be payable on such amount from the date the tax and penalty first become due for the whole of the period, the stay of recovery continued.]