Section 17(1)(a) in The Maharashtra Tax on Luxuries Act, 1987
(a)(i)not being a hotelier liable to pay tax under this Act, collects any sum by way of tax, or(ii)being a registered hotelier, collects any amount by way of tax in excess of the tax payable by him, or(iii)otherwise collects tax in contravention of the provisions of section 27, or