Provided that the District Magistrate may, with the sanction of the Government, exempt any person or class of persons from liability to bear any portion of such cost.

Awarding compensation to sufferers from misconduct of inhabitants or persons interested in land Awarding compensation to sufferers from misconduct of inhabitants or persons interested in land.

1. (1) If, in any district or part of a district, in respect of which any proclamation has been made under section 32 in force, death or grievous hurt or loss of, or damage to, property has been caused by or has ensued from the misconduct of the inhabitants of such district or part of a district or of any class or section of them, it shall be lawful for any person, who claims to have suffered injury from such misconduct, to make, within one month from the date of the injury or such shorter period as may be prescribed, application for compensation to the Magistrate of the district within whose jurisdiction such district or part is situated.
2. (2) It shall thereupon be lawful for the Magistrate of the district, with the sanction of the State Government, after such inquiry as he may deem necessary, and whether any additional police force has or has not been quartered under section 32, to—
   • (a) declare the persons to whom injury has been caused by or has ensued from such misconduct;
   • (b) fix the amount of compensation to be paid to such persons and decide by whom it shall be paid; and
   • (c) award such compensation to such persons or to any of them, as he may deem fit: Provided that the Magistrate of the district shall not make any declaration or order under this section unless he is of opinion that such injury as aforesaid has arisen from a riot or unlawful assembly within the said district or part thereof, and that the person who suffered the injury was himself free from blame in respect of the occurrences which led to the said injury.