Section 98Compensation to person injured

s. 98

98. Compensation to person injured Whenever any person is fined for an offence under this Act, the Magistrate may direct that the whole or any part of such fine may be paid by way of compensation to any person who gave information leading to the detection of such offence, or to the conviction of the offender. [Publication of rules] Such rules, alterations and cancelment shall be published in the official Gazette and shall thereupon have the force of law: Provided that no rules shall be made by the Government under the powers conferred on it by this section until a draft of the same have been published in the official Gazette for one month, after which time the Government may pass such rules as originally published, or with such alterations, additions and omissions as it may think fit.