Section 19

Subject to section 14, no owner or occupier of land or other person shall be entitled to compensation for any expense incurred or damage occasioned by any order given or act done in pursuance of this Act or any rules made thereunder unless the damage was occasioned by negligence or maliciously and without reasonable cause.

The Minister may, in his discretion, order that such compensation as he thinks fit shall be paid to the owner or occupier of any land who is required to destroy as a measure of precaution any plant thereon not being diseased.

No application for compensation shall be entertained unless it is in writing and is received in the office of the Minister within 3 months from the date of the notice requiring the destruction of the plant, and in no case shall compensation be paid in excess of the actual value of the plant destroyed at the date of the notice.

If any question arises as to the actual value, the decision of the agricultural officer shall be final and conclusive.