Wrongful sale, etc., of public property

(1) If any person designedly makes away with, or pawns, or wrongfully destroys or damages, or negligently loses, anything issued to him as a member of the volunteer element, or wrongfully refuses or neglects to deliver up on demand anything issued to him as such a member of the volunteer element, the value thereof shall be recoverable from him summarily before a magistrate’s court on complaint by any officer of the Force. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), any person who designedly makes away with, sells, pawns, or wrongfully destroys anything issued to him as aforesaid shall be liable on summary conviction before a magistrate’s court to a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.