Requisitioning of Motor Vehicles and Agricultural Equipment Act (No. 4 of 1971)

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Requisitioning of Motor Vehicles and Agricultural Equipment Act (No. 4 of 1971) - Sect 4

Prevention of or obstruction to taking possession of equipment

(1) Every person who-

	(a) prevents, obstructs or resists; or

	(b) directly or indirectly causes anyone to prevent, obstruct or resist,

	(c) fails to comply with any written direction given under section 2,

(2) Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine; and the Magistrate may, where such offence is committed by the owner of an equipment or his agent or servant, order the forfeiture of such equipment, in respect of which the offence is committed, to the Crown.

(3) Where any offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons, then-

	(a) if that body is a body corporate, every director of that body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence; or

	(b) if that body is a firm, every partner of that firm shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence:

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