Section 70. Magistrate

70. Magistrate i b, \ l + I SECTIONS. 70.e Magistrate to determine the amount to be levied in case of dispule. 71. Jurisdiction over offences beyond local limits of j urisdiction. - 7%. Conviction `to` be quashed on merits only. Form of conviction. 70. If any dispute arise concerning the amollnt leviable by any distress or arrest under this Act, or the charges or costs payable under the last prcceding section, the person making such distress or using such arrest may detain the goods distrained or arrested, or the proceeds of the sale thereof, until the amount to be levied has been determined by a Magistrate, who, upon application made to him for that purpose, may detcimine such amount, and award such costs to be paid by either of the parties to the other of them as he thinks reasonable; and payment of such costs, if not paid on demand, sllall be enforced in the same manner as any penaliy under this Act. Na~istrate to deter~riine the amoul~t to be levied in case of dispute. 71. Any person off ending a.gainst the provisions of this Act, in any port, river or channel subject to this Act, shall be punishable by any Magistrate l~aving jurisdiction over any district or place adj oining such port, river or channel, or adjoining either side of that part of the river or channel ill which such offence is committed. Jurisdictioll over offences beyond local lilnits t . over offences of this Act, in any port, river or channel subject to Such Magistrate may exercise all the powers of a Magistrate under this Act, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the offence had been committed locally within the limits of his jurisdiction, notwitllstanding the offence may not have been coin- mitted locally within such limits ; and in case any such Magistrate exercise the jurisdiction hereby vested in him, the offence shall be deemed, for all purposes, to have been committed locally within ",he limits of his jurisdiction.