Section 437(2) in Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976
(2)Should any such officer or servant employed by the corporation in the absence of a written contract authorising him so to do, and without reasonable cause, resigns his employment or absents himself from his duties without giving one month's notice to the corporation or neglects or refuses to perform his duties or any of them, he shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees or to imprisonment of either description which may extend to two months.