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( 1 ) The owner of an animal destroyed under sub-section ( 2 ) of section 9 may be paid such compensation as shall be determined in the manner prescribed : Provided that no compensation shall be paid- (i) to any person convicted of any offence punishable under this Act committed in respect of such animal; or ( ii ) in respect of any animal which, when it was imported, was affected with a scheduled disease on account of which it was destroyed. ( 2 ) The decision under sub-section ( 1 ) regarding the right of a person to be paid any compensation or the amount of such compensation shall be final.