Apportionment of expenses under perceding section

If any person, being either the owner or the occupier of an establishment who has incurred or is about to incure any expenses for the purpose of securing that the requirements of section 21 or section 22 are complied with respect to the establishment, alleges that the whole or any part of the expenses ought to be borne by any other person having an interest in the premises, he may apply to the assistant to the Deputy Commissioner having jurisdiction over the area in which the establishment is situated and the court shall make such order concerning the expenses or their appointment as it appears to the court, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the terms of any contract between the parties, to be just and equitable, and any order made under this section may direct that any such contract as aforesaid shall cease to have effect in so far it is inconsistent with the terms of the order. Whoever forcibly opposes the seizure of cattle liable to be seized under this Act. and whoever rescues the same after seizure, either from a pound or from any person being near at hand and acting under the powers conferred by this Act., shall on conviction before a Magistrate, be punished with imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or with fine not exceeding five hundred rupees, or with both.