Section 33
Penalties.
The National Food Security Act, 2013
About this Act
An Act to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Any public servant or authority found guilty, by the State Commission at the time of
deciding any complaint or appeal, of failing to provide the relief recommended by the District
Grievance Redressal Officer, without reasonable cause, or wilfully ignoring such recommendation, shall
be liable to penalty not exceeding five thousand rupees:
Provided that the public servant or the public authority, as the case may be, shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before any penalty is imposed.
Provided that the public servant or the public authority, as the case may be, shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before any penalty is imposed.