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(1) The owner of an animal destroyed under sub-section (2) of section 9 may be paid such compensation as shall be determined in the manner prescribed : Provided that no compensation shall be paid- (i) to any person convicted of any offence punishable under this Act committed in respect of such animal; or (ii) in respect of any animal which, when it was imported, was affected with a scheduled disease on account of which it was destroyed. (2) The decision under sub-section (1) regarding the right of a person to be paid any compensation or the amount of such compensation shall be final.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (<i>1</i>) The owner of an animal destroyed under sub-section (<i>2</i>) of section 9 may be paid such compensation as shall be determined in the manner prescribed : <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> Provided that no compensation shall be paid-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <i> (i) </i> to any person convicted of any offence punishable under this Act committed in respect of such animal; or<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (<i>ii</i>) in respect of any animal which, when it was imported, was affected with a scheduled disease on account of which it was destroyed. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (<i>2</i>) The decision under sub-section (<i>1</i>) regarding the right of a person to be paid any compensation or the amount of such compensation shall be final. <br>