Punjab Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act 1912
Section 33.Additional powers of Collector in regard to offences
If any person, without permission of a Revenue Officer of a grade to be specified by the 2[State] Government-
(a) clears or breaks up for cultivation, or cultivates ant land which is owned by, or is in the possession of the 1[Government] and is not included in any tenancy or allotted residential enclosure or which has been set apart for the common purposes of a town or village community or section of the same or for a road, canal or water-course; or
(b)erects any building on any such land; or
(c) fells or otherwise destroys standing trees on such land; or
(d)otherwise encroaches on any such land; or
(e) makes an excavation or constructs a water channel on any such land;
he shall, on complaint made by order of or under authority from the Collector, be punished on conviction [* *1 * *] with a fine not exceeding Rs. 200.
Explanation.-The felling of trees planted by an owner or tenant on any village road or water-course traversing his holding is not an offence under this section.
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1The word “by any Magistrate” omitted by Punjab Act 25 of 1964.
2Substituted for the word “Crown” by the Adaptation of Laws order,1950.