Section 60, Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [S1Y-ZQH]

As at 7 September 2026. In force from 8 June 1996.

In Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [A11-447]. This text from 21 March 2020, by Act 66 of 2020 [A11-Q8S]. Other texts (1): from 8 June 1996 to 20 March 2020.

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Cite: Section 60, Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 [S1Y-ZQH]. Machine: S1Y-ZQH.

60. Penalty for contravention.—(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4 or section 5 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and in the case of a continuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for every day during which the contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention. (2) Whoever contravenes any other provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder, for which no penalty is elsewhere provided, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.

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Schedule 2, Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act (Amendment) Act, 2020 [S29-WCJ], 21 March 2020, Band A. "section 60 of the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (40 of 1996)".

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