Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 270

Where any person has incurred a penalty by reason of having caused any damage to the property of a¹[Board], he shall be liable to make good such damage, and the amount payable in respect of the damage shall, in case of dispute, be determined²[by the Judicial Magistrate] by whom the person incurring such penalty is convicted, and, on non-payment of such amount on demand, the same shall be recovered³[either by the distress and sale of the movable property of such person, or by the attachment and sale of the immovable property of that person, or by both these methods and the Judicial Magistrate shall recover the amount in accordance with the provisions of sections421 and 422 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) as if it were a fine recoverable under a sentence passed by him].

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1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".

2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 153, for "by the Magistrate" (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).

3. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 153, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-10-1983).