Section 56 in The Bengal Land-Revenue Sales Act, 1859
56. Punishment for contempt.
- Any Collector or other officer as aforesaid conducting a sale under this Act shall be competent to punish any contempt committed in his presence in open cutcherry or office for the time being, by fine to an extent not exceeding two hundred rupees, commutable, if not paid, to imprisonment in the civil jail for a period not exceeding one month; and the Magistrate to whom such an offender may be sent by a Collector or other officer as aforesaid shall carry his sentence into effect:Provided that an appeal from any order passed under the Section shall lie to the Revenue Commissioner whose decision shall be final.
