Section 25

If any person wilfully removes, destroys or damages any property belonging to or in the custody or possession of the Authority or hinders or prevents such property from being used or operated in the manner in which it is intended to be used or operated, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, and, on application by the Authority, a court may order the offender to pay compensation to the Authority for any damage done by him.

Any person may apprehend any other person if such other person within his view commits an offence against this section and shall on such apprehension, without unreasonable delay, hand the person so apprehended over to a police officer.

Any person who carelessly or accidentally removes, destroys or damages any property belonging to or in the custody or possession of the Authority or hinders or prevents such property from being used or operated in the manner in which it is intended to be used or operated shall pay by way of compensation to the Authority, such sum of money not exceeding $2,000 as a Magistrate’s Court thinks reasonable.

Nothing in this section shall prevent the Authority from taking any legal proceedings open to it at law before any court having jurisdiction for the recovery of the full amount of the damage caused by such person.