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(1) The municipality may make compensation out of the municipal fund to any person sustaining any damage by reason of the exercise of any of the powers vested in the municipality, its employees, under this Act, and shall make such compensation where the damage was caused by the negligence of the municipality, its employees and the person sustaining the damage was not himself in default in the matter in respect of which the power was exercised. (2) Should any dispute, for the settlement of which no express provision is made by any other section, arise touching the amount of any compensation which the municipality, is by this Act required to pay or empowered to receive for injury to or respect any building or land, it shall be settled in such manner as the parties may agree, or, in default of agreement, in the manner provided by 1 [the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Act 2013 (30 of 2013)], with reference to the acquisition of and payment of compensation for land for public purpose so far as it can be made applicable.