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The Maharashtra Entertainments Duty Act

Section 5. Punishment for non- compliance with section 4.

1[5. Punishment for non-compliance with section 4.- (1) If any person is admitted to any place of entertainment and the provisions of section 4 are not complied with, the proprietor of the entertainment to which such person is admitted shall, in addition to the entertainment duty which should have been paid, also be liable to pay to the Collector for each such non-compliance, a penalty equal to rupees fifty thousand or ten times of such entertainment duty, whichever is higher : Provided that, no order requiring the proprietor to pay such penalty shall be passed by the Collector, unless such proprietor is given an opportunity of being heard. (2) Every order made by the Collector under this section shall be appealable under section 10A.]

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