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| (1) A land betterment charges officer or any person authorized by him may enter and inspect any land, within the betterment area or benefited area, for the purposes of obtaining any such information. regarding such land as is necessary for the preparation of the statement made under section 5, or the register maintained under section 18, and he may order the owner or person in possession of such land to furnish him with any such information. |
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| (2) Any person who prevents or obstructs a land betterment charges officer or a person authorized by him in carrying out such entry or inspection, as is referred to in subsection (1), or who refuses to furnish any such information as is referred to in that subsection when ordered to do so, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after trial by, a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees. |
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