Cap. 220 Art. 170Wrongful sale, etc. of public property.

Any person who designedly makes away with, sells, pawns, or otherwise disposes of, or wrongfully destroys or damages, or negligently loses, anything issued to him as an officer or man of the territorial force, or wrongfully refuses or neglects to deliver up on demand anything issued to him as an officer or man of the territorial force, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (46.59); and the Court of Magistrates shall, at the request of the Commissioner of Police, order the person convicted as aforesaid to pay the value of any such thing in respect of which he is convicted -

(a) if he is serving in the force at the time he is convicted, to his commanding officer; or

(b) if he is not serving in the force at the time aforesaid, to the officer who is for the time being commanding the unit with which he was last serving, and any order as aforesaid shall have the same effect as a judgement of that court in its civil jurisdiction.