(1) A Village Court shall not be competent to pass a sentence of imprisonment in any criminal case. It shall have power to impose a fine for any offence it is competent to try, upto a limit of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five hundred). It may also award payment in restitution or compensation to the aggrieved or injured party in accordance with the customary law.
(2) In a civil case a Village Court shall have power to award costs as also compensation to those against whom unfounded or vexatious suits or cases have been instituted before the court.
(3) The fines and payments imposed and ordered under Sub rules (1) and (2) may be enforced by distrain of the property of the offender.
47. A Village Court shall have power to order attendance of the accused and the witnesses to be examined in the case and to impose a fine not exceeding Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred) on any person wilfully failing to attend when so ordered or commit for contempt of such Court.
48. If a person on whom a fine under Rule 47 above has been imposed by a Village Court, fails to deposit the amount at once or within such time as may be allowed, the Village Court shall proceed to realise the fine imposed in such manner as it may deem fit.
49. Where a Village Court is of opinion that the sentence it is competent to pass is insufficient in the circumstances of the cakes, it shall without delay refer the case to the competent court, and that court shall disposed of the case in accordance with these Rules.
(II) SUBORDINATE DISTRICT CUSTOMARY COURTS
50. A Subordinate District Customary Court shall exercise such powers in criminal cases, not exceeding those of a Magistrate Second Class as defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 as may be invested by the State Government.