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Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976
118Offender may be ordered to pay for damage he does
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118 Offender may be ordered to pay for damage he does
(1) Where a person is found guilty of an offence against this Act or a
by-law, the court before which he is found guilty may order him to
pay the amount of any damage or the cost of restoring, removing or
repairing any damage, done by him in committing the offence.
(2) Where the offence is an offence against a by-law providing for or in
relation to the prohibition or the regulation of the admission of
animals to parks or reserves or the control of animals on parks or
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reserves, any damage done by the animal shall be deemed to be
damage done by the person responsible for the control of the
animal and any costs to the Commission of bringing the animal
under control and of feeding and otherwise maintaining the animal
shall be deemed to be costs of restoring, removing or repairing
damage done by that person.
(3) The court may make the order specified in subsection (1), in
addition to imposing a penalty, and the amount so ordered to be
paid shall be recoverable as a judgment debt due to the
Commission in a court of competent jurisdiction.