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Compensation to he paid by offenders for damage ca11sed by them.- ( I) If, on account of any act or omission, any person has been convicted of any offence against this Act or any rule made thereunder and, by reason of the same act or omission of the said persou, damage has occurred to any property of the Board, compensation ahall be paid by the said person for the said damage, notwithstanding any punishment to which he may have been sentenced for the said offence. (2) In the event of dispute, the amount of compt•nsation payable by the said person shall be determined by the Magistrate by whom he was convicted of the said offence. (3) If the amount of any compen:~ation due undl'J this section be not paid the same shall be recove1 ed under a wnrran t from the said Magistrate, a~ if It we1 e a fine Imposed by him on the person hable therefor.