69. Compensation for damage caused to public telecommunication licensees’ installation or plant

Any person who removes, destroys or damages, whether wilfully, negligently, accidentally or otherwise, the installation or plant used for telecommunications is, in addition to any penalty for which the person is liable for an offence under this Act, liable to pay compensation for the damage the person has done and the compensation is recoverable by civil action or suit before any court of competent jurisdiction.

Subject to subsection (1), any court before which a person is charged with an offence under this Act may assess the compensation payable under this section and may make an order for the payment of the same.

Any order under subsection (2) may be enforced as if it were a judgment in a civil action or suit.[50