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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sec- tion 386 of the Code, where any offender has been sentenced by a Special Court to pay a fine, the Court may recover the fine by the issue of a warrant for the levy of the amount by attachment and sale of any property, movable or immovable, of the offender. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 545 of the Code, a Special Court may, when imposing a fine on any _person convicted by the Court, order the whole or any part of the fine recovered to be applied— (a) in the payment to any person affected by the offence of compensation for any loss, injury or annoyance caused by the offence, or . (b) in the payment of a reward to any person who has given information leading to the detection of the offence or to the conviction of the accused. Appeals. 15. (1) Any person convicted on a trial held by a Special Court may appeal to the High Court. Exclusion of inter- ference of other courts. Applica- tion of ordinary law. (2) The State Government may direct a Public Prosecutor tp present an appeal to the High Court from an order of acquittal passed by a Special Court. (3) An appeal under this section may lie on a matter of fact as well as on a matter of law. , (4) The period of limitation for an appeal under sub- section (1) shall be thirty days from the date of the sentence and for an appeal under sub-section (2) shall be thirty days from the date of the order of acquittal.