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If, cn account of ary act or omission, any person has been convicted of an mmpeosatior offence against the provisions af this Act or against any rule, byelaw, order QS I for damage to regulation made under it and by reason of such act.or omission, damage has been I munic'il causea to any property owned or vested in the munic~paliry, the said person shall pay oroperty. cornpensatton for such damage, notwithstandifig any punishment to which he may have been sentenced fcr the said oflence. In the etent of dispute the amount of compensation payable by the said person shall t c determined by the magistrate , before whom he was convicted of tho said offence on an application made to him for the purpose, by the Con~missic!ner n ~ t liiter than three months frcm the date of ccnviction and in default of pa)n:ent cf the ;n-c rnt a1 ccn yer Fcllc r, sc deiernined, it shall be recovered under a karrant from the said magistrate as if it \\ere a fine iuflicted by him on the person llable therefor. Probibit ion