Section 66
Compensation for damage
of Electricity Supply Enactment 2024
Any person who removes, destroys or damages whether wilfully or otherwise, any installation or any part thereof, or any public lamp or any post, bracket or other means of support of a public lamp, or any instrument used in connection with any installation for recording the output or consumption of electricity, shall, in addition to any penalty to which he may be liable under this Enactment, be liable to pay full compensation for the damage he has done and the compensation shall be recoverable by civil action or suit before any court.
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Without prejudice to subsection (1), any court before which a person is charged with an offence under this Enactment may assess the compensation payable under this section and may make an order for the payment of the same, and any such order may be enforced as if it were a judgment in a civil action or suit.
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