Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any person who has been convicted of any offence under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder shall without prejudice to any punishment to which he may be subject be liable to pay such compensation for any damage to any property of the Municipality resulting from such offence as the appropriate municipal authority may consider reasonable. (2) In the case of any dispute regarding the amount of compensation under sub-section (1) such amount shall on an application, in writing made by such person to the Magistrate who convicts such person of such offence be determined by such Magistrate and if the amount of compensation so determined is not paid by such person, such amount shall be recovered under a warrant from such Magistrate as if it were a fine imposed by him on the person liable thereof. I. Recovery of expenses or compensation in case of disputes