Section XXIV. Every person, who shall obstruct or molest any Abkaree Officer, or any person acting in aid of such

XXIV. Every person, who shall obstruct or molest any Abkaree Officer, or any person acting in aid of such Officer, in the due execution of this Act, shall be liable to a fine, not exceeding five hundred Rupees; and such person shall be further liable, if an affray or breach of the peace shall happen in consequence of his resistance, on conviction of the same before a competent tribunal, to such punishment as is prescribed by law for cases of affray and breach of the peace, in addition to the penalty above prescribed for resistance of process.