Lawgist44Collector to award compensation
(1) Amounts payable under section 38, section 39, section 40 or section 41 shall, when recovered, be credited to the Government.
(2) The District Collector shall pay, from the amounts recovered by him as compensation payable under section 41, such amount as he deems just and proper by way of compensation to any person who has suffered loss or damage to property or grievous hurt or to the legal heirs of any person who died, by reason of anything done in the prosecution of the common object of the unlawful assembly.
(3) No compensation shall be paid under this section, except when a claim has been made therefor within forty-five days from the date of the notification referred to in sub-section (1) of section 41 and the District Collector is satisfied that the claimant, where the claim is by the person who suffered the loss, damage or grievous hurt, or the deceased, where the claim is by the legal heirs of such deceased, has been free from blame in connection with the occurrence which led to the loss, damage, grievous hurt or death.
(4) The compensation payable to any person under sub-section (2) shall not in any way be capable of being assigned or charged or be liable to attachment or to pass to any person other than the person entitled to it by operation of law, nor shall any claim be set off against the same.
(5) No civil suit shall be maintainable in respect of any loss, damage or grievous hurt for which compensation has been granted under this section.
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- 38 Employment of additional police to keep peace
- 39 Employment of additional police in cases of special danger to public peace
- 40 Employment of additional police at large work and when apprehension regarding behaviour of employees exists
- 41 Compensation for injury caused by unlawful assembly how recoverable
- 42 Dispute in regard to cost of deputing additional police or compensation under section 41
- 43 Recovery of amount payable under section 38, 39, 40 or 41
- 44 Collector to award compensation
- 45 Recovery of amounts payable under sections 39 and 41
- 46 Dispersal of gangs and bodies of persons
- 47 Removal of persons about to commit offences
- 48 Removal of persons convicted of certain offences
- 49 Period of operation of orders under section 46, 47 or 48
- 50 Hearing to be given before order under section 46, 47 or 48 is passed
- 51 Appeal against orders under section 46, 47 or 48
- 52 Finality of order in certain cases
- 53 Procedure on failure of person to leave the area and his entry therein after removal
- 54 Temporary permission to enter and consequences of non-observance of conditions of such permission
- 55 Taking measurements and photographs, etc., of persons against whom an order under section 46, 47 or 48 is made
- 56 Resistance to the taking of measurements, etc
- 57 Banning of use of dress, etc., resembling uniform of armed forces
- 58 Constitution of Defence Societies
