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07/12/2024
The Chittagong Development Authority Ordinance, 1959 (East Pakistan Ordinance)

The Chittagong Development Authority Ordinance, 1959 (East Pakistan Ordinance)

( Ordinance NO. LI OF 1959 )

এই অধ্যাদেশ চট্টগ্রাম উন্নয়ন কর্তৃপক্ষ আইন, ২০১৮ (২০১৮ সনের ৩১ নং আইন) দ্বারা রহিত করা হইয়াছে।

Chapter IX

PENALTIES

Punishment for acquiring share or interest in contract, etc., with the Authority
96. If the Chairman, any Member, or any employee of the Authority knowingly acquire, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any partner, employer or employee, otherwise than as such Chairman, Member or employee, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, by or on behalf of, the Authority, not being a share or interest such as, under sub-section (2) of section 7, he shall be deemed to have committed the offence made punishable by section 168 of the 1[* * *] Penal Code, 1860.
Penalty for removing fence, etc., in street
97. If any person, without lawful authority,-
 
 
 
 
(a) removes any fence or shoring-timber, or removes or extinguishes any light, set up in course of execution of any work by or under the auspices of the Authority, or
 
 
 
 
(b) infringes any order given, or removes any bar, chain or post fixed, in connection with above, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred taka .
Penalty for failure to remove wall or building in respect of which agreement has been executed
98. If the owner for the time being of any wall or building in respect of which an agreement has been executed in this behalf with the Authority fails-
 
 
 
 
(a) to remove such wall or building, or any specified portion thereof, when so required by notice issued in that behalf,
 
 
 
 
(b) within fifteen days from the receipt of such notice to authorise the Chairman, by permission in writing to remove the said wall, building or portion, he shall be punishable-
 
 
 
 
(i) with fine which may extend, in the case of a masonry wall or building, to five hundred taka, and, in the case of a hut, to fifty taka; and
 
 
(ii) with a further fine, in the case of a masonry wall or building, to twenty taka, and, in the case of a hut, to five taka, for each day after the first during which the failure continues.
Penalty for use of land in Master Plan in contravention of section 23
99. Whoever uses any land, included in a Master Plan, in contravention of section 23, shall be punishable-
 
 
 
 
(i) with fine which may extend to one thousand taka, and
 
 
 
 
(ii) with a further fine which may extend to fifty taka for each day after the first during which such contravention continues.
Removal of unauthorised construction
100. (1) The Court, convicting any person under section 98 or section 99 shall order the removal of the unauthorised construction, if any, by such person within a time to be fixed by the Court.
 
 
 
 
(2) If such person fails to remove the unauthorised construction, within the time fixed, it shall be lawful for the Authority to cause such construction to be removed, and the cost of such removal shall be recoverable from that person as a public demand.
Penalty for failure to comply with requisition made by auditor
101. If any person fails to comply with any requisition made under section 68 he shall be punishable-
 
 
 
 
(a) with fine which may extend to one hundred taka; or
 
 
 
 
(b) in case of a continuing failure, with fine which may extend to fifty taka for each day after the first during which the failure continues.
Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing mark
102. If any person-
 
 
 
 
(a) obstructs or molests any person with whom the Chairman has entered into a contract on behalf of the Authority, in the performance or execution by such person of his duty or of anything which he is empowered or required to do by virtue or in consequence of this Ordinance of any rule hereunder; or
 
 
(b) removes any mark set up for the purpose of indicating any level or direction necessary to the execution of works authorised by this Ordinance or any rule made or scheme sanctioned hereunder, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred taka, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months.

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