Section 33

imposes or receives rent in respect of any padi land under a tenancy agreement exceeding the rate prescribed in the Second Schedule or such maximum rent reserved as may be prescribed by the State Authority under subsection 11(3);

imposes or receives cash payment for such rent as may be commuted in accordance with subsection 11(2) exceeding the price of padi ruling at the harvest;

receives or demands any rent from a tenant or applies for an order of possession of padi land, the tenancy agreement in respect of which has not been registered in accordance with this Act;

Padi Cultivators (Control of Rent and

Security of Tenure)

fails to register a tenancy agreement within the period specified in section 4 or within such period as may be extended by the Registrar under that section;

without a written order of the Committee, ejects a tenant from any padi land comprised in a tenancy agreement; or

receives from a tenant any addition to the rent lawfully payable under this Act by reason of any quit rent, taxes, rates, charges or other outgoings payable under any written law in respect of any padi land under a tenancy agreement or by reason of any expenses incurred in collecting the rent, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or to both.

Where a landlord is convicted of an offence under paragraph

Offences for making false statements