If any publication that is seized pursuant to this Act is not held to be a restricted publication or prohibited publication or if the accusation on which seizure was made is not proved, the publisher
or owner shall be entitled to the following compensation from the Government of Nepal:
(a) If the publication of which price was specified has been seized, not exceeding the amount equal to the actual price that the publisher or owner could get from the sale of such a publication,
Provided that, in the case of a book, if the owner of book or publisher gets the book back, he or she shall not be entitled to the compensation.
(b) In the case of the other material of which price was not specified, not exceeding the actual price that has to be sustained in the acquisition or publication of such materials.