LawgistThe National Food Security Act
33Penalties
Any public servant or authority found guilty, by the State Commission at the time of deciding any complaint or appeal, of failing to provide the relief recommended by the District Grievance Redressal Officer, without reasonable cause, or wilfully ignoring such recommendation, shall be liable to penalty not exceeding five thousand rupees:
Provided that the public servant or the public authority, as the case may be, shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before any penalty is imposed.
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MISCELLANEOUS
- 32 Other welfare schemes
- 33 Penalties
- 34 Power to adjudicate
- 35 Power to delegate by Central Government and State Government
- 36 Act to have overriding effect
- 37 Power to amend Schedules
- 38 Power of Central Government to give directions
- 39 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 40 Power of State Government to make rules
- 41 Transitory provisions for schemes, guidelines, etc
- 42 Power to remove difficulties
- 43 Utilisation of institutional mechanism for other purposes
- 44 Force Majeure
- 45 Repeal and savings
