Payment of compensation for damage to Municipal property

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Chapter XXV MISCELLANEOUS

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(1) Where on account of any act or omission, any person has been convicted of an offence against the provisions of this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder and by reason of such act or omission, damage has been caused to any property owned by or vesting in the Municipality, the said person shall pay compensation for such damage, notwithstanding any punishment to which he may have been sentenced for the said offence.
(2) Where there is dispute in respect of the amount of compensation payable by the person under sub- section (1), the same shall, on an application made for the purpose, by the Secretary, not later than three months from the date of conviction, be determined by the court by which he was convicted of the said offence, and in default of payment of the amount of compensation so determined, the same shall be recovered under a warrant issued from the said court as if it were a fine imposed by that court on the person liable therefor.

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