Section 45(3) in Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995
(3)If the transferee fails to pay the amount due together with the penalty in accordance with the order made under sub-section (2) or commits a breach of any other condition of transfer, the Estate Officer may, by notice in writing call upon the transferee to show cause within a period of thirty days, why an order of resumption of the land or building or both, as the case may be, and forfeiture of the whole or any part of the money, if any, paid in respect thereof which [shall be equivalent to ten per cent of the total amount of the consideration money, interest and other dues payable in respect of the transfer of the land or building or both should not be made:] [Substituted 'in no case shall exceed ten per cent of the total amount of the consideration money, interest and other dues payable in respect of the transfer of the land or building or both should not be made.' by Punjab Act No. 45 of 2013, dated 5.12.2013.][Provided that in genuine cases of hardship of a class of person(s), the authority may, by general or specific order, reduce the amount of forfeiture for any person(s) for the reasons to be recorded in writing.] [Added by Punjab Act No. 45 of 2013, dated 5.12.2013.]