(1) Whoever,-
(a) makes any unauthorised construction; or
(b) uses any unauthorised place as a latrine, urinal or rubbish dump; or
(c) plies any profession, trade or calling without a license obtained under the provisions of this Act or bye-laws or commits a breach of the conditions of such license; or
(d) contravenes any of the provisions of the Act or of any rules or regulations made under this Act; or
(e) disobeys any order or direction in writing, lawfully issued under this Act, shall be punished with a simple imprisonment for a term of one month but which may extend upto three months or with a fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees but which may extend upto ten thousand rupees or with both.
(2) No court shall take cognizance of an offence under this Act except on a complaint made by the Chief Executive Officer or any other officer or official authorized by him.
Applicability of Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 and Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994.
26. The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette confer upon the Authority any of the powers of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 (24 of 1973) or the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (16 of 1994) and upon issuance of such notification, the provisions of the sections shall apply to the mela area as if the mela area is the part of a municipality and the Officer In-charge of the Authority is District Municipal Commissioner or Commissioner Municipal Corporation, as the case may be and if there is a contravention of any of the provisions, the same shall be deemed to be a contravention of the said Act.
Power of State Government to give directions.
27. The State Government may, from time to time, give such general or specific directions, in writing, to the Authority for the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act.
Dissolution of Authority.