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Principles and method of determining (I) The Director or any Officer authorized by the Government shall as soon as may be after the publication of the notice under sub-section (1) Df section 16 determine the amount of compensation payable in respect of the fire fighting property based on the market value of the property on the date of publication of the said notice, that is to say, the price which I would have fetched in the open market if it had been sold on that date. Provided that before determining the amount of -case may be, shall give the local authority an c compensation. (2) The Director or the Officer, as the case may compensation payable, give notice to the local a determined; on the Director or the Officer, as the to state what in its opinion is a fair shall, after determining the amount of ity of the amount of compensation so Reference to Court:- If the local authority agrees to ac paid in accordance with such agreement. If the bc amount the Director or the Officer, as the case may b subordinate judge having jurisdication over the area court shall, after hearing the parties and such other determine the amount of compensation which appears compensation the court shall have regard to the markei of notice referred to in sub-section (1) ofsectionl6. Appeal:- Where the Government or a local authority under section 18, it may within thirty days from the da High Court. :ept the amount so deteimined, it shall be .1 authority does not agree to accept the shall refer the matter to the court of the n which the property is situate, and the persons as it deems necessary to hear, D it to be just; and in fixing the amount of value of the property on the date of issue aggrieved by the decision of the Court of such decision prefer an appeal to the 7 :7: CHAPTER IV PENALTIES Penalty for violation of duty etc:- Any member of the Force who' is found to be guilty of any violation of duty or willful breach of any provision of this Act or any rule or Order made thereunder, or is found to he guilty of cowardice, or © withdraws from the duties or, or resigns, his office without permission or without having given previous notice of at least two months, dr (d)being absent on leave fails without reasonable cause to report himself for duty on the expiration of such leave, or (e)accepts any other employment or Office in contravention of the provision of section 24. shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to an amount not exceeding three months" pay of such member or with both. Failure to take precaution:- whoever fails without reasonable cause to comply with any of the reQuirements cneriflpd n ci nr44f -, i . - r '4t'""J'1j't,4LjuIj issueu• under sub-section (1) of section 13 or of a direction issued under sub-section(2 of that section shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. Wilfully obstructing fire fighting operations:- Any person who willfully obstructs or interferes with any member of the Force who is engaged in fire-fighting operations shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both. CHAPTETR V GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS Training Centres: The Government may establish and maintain one or more training centres in the State for providing courses of instruction in the prevention and extinguishment of fire and may close down or re-establish any such centre.