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THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR MUNICIPAL ACT, 2000

Section 237. Penalty for disobedience of orders of municipalities

Whoever disobeys any lawful direction or prohibition given by the municipality by public notice under this Act or any written notice lawfully issued by it thereunder, or fails to comply with the conditions subject to which any permission was given by the municipality to him under those powers shall, if the disobedience or omission is not an offence punishable under any other section, be punishable with fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and more than one thousand rupees, and, in the case of a continuing breach, with a further fine of fifty rupees for every day after the first conviction during which the breach continues.

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