Section 5State of Tamilnadu- Act Act
Section 5: Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to penalty after notice
Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to penalty after notice.
- [Any person in any area other than the transferred territory liable to pay assessment under section 3] [Substituted for the words and figure 'Any person liable to pay assessment under section 3' by of the Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1996).] shall also be liable, at the discretion of the Collector, [or subject to his control, the Tahsildar or Deputy Tahsildar] [These words were inserted by section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Act VIII of 1914.], to pay in addition by way of penalty-(i)
if the land be assessed land, a sum not exceeding five rupees or, when ten times the assessment payable for one year under section 3 exceeds five rupees, a sum not exceeding ten times such assessment:(ii)
if the land be unassessed, a sum not exceeding ten rupees, or when twenty times the assessment payable for one year under section 3 exceeds ten rupees, a sum not exceeding twenty times such assessment.Previous
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Sec 5A — [ Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to penalty after notice in the transferred territory. [Inserted by section 4 of, and the Second Schedule to the Tamil Nadu (Transferred Territory) Extension of Laws Act, 1960). (Tamil Nadu Act 23 of 1960).]
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