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SECTION 10: PENALTY ON CULTIVATOR RECEIVING ADVANCES AND NOT CULTIVATING FULL QUANTITY OF LAND--ADJUDICATION OF PENALTY If it shall be found that any cultivator who has received advances from the Government has not cultivated the full quantity of land for which he received such advances, he shall be liable to a penalty of three times the amount of the advances received for the land which he has failed to cultivate, and the said penalty may be adjudged by the Deputy Agent or Collector, on the complaint of the 19 [district opium officer] or other officer as aforesaid. Appeal. Any person dissatisfied with this judgment of the Deputy Agent or Collector may appeal to the Agent, and the decision of the Agent shall be final.