Clause 17

If the exercise of the powers mentioned in section 11 of this Act in respect of property referred to in subsection (5) of the said section is resisted or obstructed, a District Judge may, in his discretion, order that the telecommunication authority shall be permitted to exercise them.

If after the making of an order under subsection (1) of this section, any person resists the exercise of such powers or having control over the property does not give all facilities for their being exercised, he shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 188 of the Penal Code (Cap. 119).

If any dispute arises concerning the sufficiency of the compensation to be paid under subsection (5) of section 11 of this Act, it shall, on application for that purpose by either of the disputing parties to a District Judge, be determined by him.

If any dispute arises as to the persons entitled to receive compensation or as to the proportions in which the persons interested are entitled to share in it, the telecommunication auhority may pay into the District Court such amount as it deems sufficient, or where all the disputing parties have in writing admitted the amount tendered to be sufficient, or the amount has been determined under subsection (3) of this section, that amount; and the District Judge, after giving notice to the parties and hearing such of them as desire to be heard, shall determine the persons entitled to receive the compensation or, as the case may be the proportions in which the persons interested are entitled to share in it.

Every determination of a dispute by a District Judge under subsection (3) or (4) of this section shall be final:Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the right of any person to sue for and recover the whole or any part of any compensation paid by the telecommunication authority from the person who has received the same.