No compensation for loss or injury except on proof of neglect or wilful act.

No person liable to pay tolls in respect of a carriage or animal shall be entitled to claim any compensation from any Toll Officer for any loss or damage to him at any time while the carriage or animal are lawfully detained at any toll-gate or station, unless it be proved that such loss or damage was occasioned by the wilful neglect or malicious act of the Toll Officer.