Section 30:
Penalty.
Any manager of a hotel or owner of a lodging house who--
(i) fails or refuses to produce before the Controller any books of account or document or other
information which the Controller may require him to produce under sub-section (3) of section 27, or
refuses to allow the Controller or any person authorised by him under the said sub-section access to
the premises to which the inquiry relates; or
(ii) charges any amount in excess of the fair rate in contravention of section 26,shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with
both.