Where any action is required to be taken under this Chapter in respect of any property, place, animal or thin~ at the expense of the owner or person in charge thereof, the officer taking such action may frame a certificate stating the amount of the expenses incurred and the person from whom such amount 1s recoverable, and any Magistrate to whom such certifi cate is presented may, after such inquiry as he may think fit and after giving an opportunity to the person concerned to be heard, recover such amount as if it were a fine imposed by the Magistrate on such person.
CHAPTER III Penalties and Procedure
22. Penalties for contravmtion of provisions of the Art and rules. Whoever-
(a) imports, exports or transports into or from any part of the State any animal, alive or dead, or any part of an animal or any fodder, bedding or other thing in contravention of a notification issued under sub-clause (1) of clause (a) of sub-section (I) of section 5; or
(b) holds any market, fair, exhibition or other concentration of animals in contravention of a notification issued under sub-clause (it) of clause (a) of sub-section (I) of section 5; or
(c) sells, or otherwise traffics in, an infective animal or its products or any part of such animal or the carcass of an animal which at the time of its death was infect1ve, or any fodder, bedding or othe•· thing used in connection with such animals, in contravention of sub· clause (ziz) ofclause (a) of sub-section (I) ofsection 5; or
(d) fails to comply with a direct1on issued under clause (b) of sub-section ( 1) of section 5; or
(e) imports animals in contravention of sub-section (2) of section 5, or
(f) being a common carrier, fails to cleanse, disinfest or disin fect any vessel or vehicle used for the transport of animals as required under sub-section (1) or sub7section (2) of section 6; or
(g) fails, in contravention of section 7, to report to the Inspec tor; or
(h) fails to comply with an order made by an Inspector under sub-sect1on (I) of section 9; or
(i) fails to comply with an order made by the Veterinary Surgeon under sub-section (I) of section I~; or
(j) removes any animal or thing from any inf<>cted area or place in contravention of section 18, • 144 shall be punishable with fine which may extend, in the case of a first conviction, to one hundred rupees, and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to two hundred rupees.