Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 · Chapter XXII: Powers, Procedure, Offences and Penalties · Payment of compensation
Section 451: Compensation to be paid by offenders for damage caused by them
(1) Any person who has been convicted of an offence against this Act or any bye-law made thereunder shall, notwithstanding any punishment to which he may have been sentenced for the said offence, be liable to pay such compensation for any damage to the property of [[the Corporation]] resulting from the said offence as the appropriate municipal authority may consider reasonable.
(2) In the event of a dispute regarding the amount of compensation payable under sub-section (1) such amount shall, on application made to him, be determined by the magistrate before whom the said person was convicted of the said offence; and on non-payment of the amount of compensation so determined the same shall be recovered under a warrant from the said magistrate as if it were a fine imposed by him on the person liable therefor.
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