(!) Every person, other than collecting agent or concessionaire, who lcvie~ or demands any user fee~ on any tran~port facility shall, on conviction by a Magistrate, be lbble to impmonment for a term which may extend to onemo nth or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupee~, or with both.
(2) Eve!"'' collecting a~entor concessionaire who unlawfully demands a hi~hcr rate of user fee or under the colour of this Act seizes or sells any property knowmg that such ~eizurc or sale is unlawful, or in any manner unlawfully extorts money or any valuable thmg from any per~on under the colour of thiS Act, shall, on conVIction by a Mag1strate, be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to SIX months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.
(3) Whoever,-
(i) attempt~ of using the transport facility Without paying the user ,.,JA..
fees payable by him under this Act; or (1i) obstructs any collecting agent from di~charging his dutie~ imposed by or under this Act, ~hall on conviction by a Magistrate, be liable to impnsonmcnt for a te1m which may extend to three months or fine which m<-1y extend to one thousand rup6'es or With both.
(4) No Magi~tratc shall take cognrsance of any offence under thiS Act except on a complamt in writing made by an officer authorised by the Govern ment in this behalf or by an authorised representative of the concc~sionaire depending upon Its constitut10n, in respect of such t1 :~n~port facility being under user fees imposed.
I 9 Exhibition of table of user fees and stat~ment of penalties -A tab lc of user fees authoriSed to be taken in respect of a transport facihty shall be put in a conspicuous place near rhe collection booth of such transport facility legibly writtcfl or prmted in wo1·ds and figures In English, Malayalam and in the language of the locality.