POWERS, PROCEDURE, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

Payment of compensation

Compensation to be paid by offenders for damage caused by them

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	(1)		Any personwho has been convicted of an offence against this Act or any bye-law made thereunder shall, notwithstanding any punishment to which he may have been sentenced for the said offences, be liable to pay such compensation for any damage to the property of the Council resulting from the said offence as the Chairperson may consider reasonable.
	(2)		In the event of a dispute regarding the amount of compensation payable under sub-section (1) such amount shall, on application made to him, be determined by the magistrate before whom the said person was convicted of the said offence; and on non-payment of the amount of compensation so determined the same shall be recovered under a warrant issued by the said magistrate as if it were a fine imposed by him on the person liable therefor.

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