Section 78. Penalty for contravening section 77.

Any person who obstructs the entry of a person authorised under section 77 to enter upon any building or land or in the performance or execution by such person of his duty, or of any work which he is authorised or required to do, or molests such person in any way after such entry, or fails to vacate any building or to remove therefrom any belongings within the period specified in that behalf shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.