Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879
Any person who shall unauthorizedly enter upon occupation of any land set apart for any special purpose, or any unoccupied land which has not been alienated, and any person who uses or occupies any such land to the use or occupation of which by reason of any of the provisions of this Act he is not entitled or has ceased to be entitled, shall if the land which he unauthorizedly occupies forms part of an assessed survey number, pay the assessment of the entire number for the whole period of his unauthorized occupation, and if the land so occupied by him has not been assessed, such amount of assessment as would be leviable for the said period in the same village on the same extent of similar land used for the same purpose; and shall also be liable, at the discretion of the Collector, to a fine not exceeding one per cent. of the prevalent annual statement of rate (dantri) as may be notified by the state Government from time to time if he has taken up the land for purposes of cultivation, and not exceeding such limit as may be fixed in rules made in this behalf under section 214, if he has used it for any non-agricultural purpose. The Collector's decision as to the amount of assessment payable for the land unauthorizedly occupied shall be conclusive, and in determining its amount occupation for a portion of year shall be counted as for a whole year. The person unauthorizedly occupying any such land may be summarily evicted by the collector, and any crop raised in the land shall be liable to forfeiture, and any building, or other construction, erected thereon shall also, if not removed by him after such written notice as the Collector may deem reasonable, be liable to forfeiture, or to summary removal. Forfeitures under this section shall be adjudged by the Collector, and any property so forfeited shall be disposed of as the Collector may direct and the cost of the removal of any encroachment under this section shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue.