law: The Oriental Gas Company Act No. 1857
  7. In case of delay,
  
  other parties may reinstate, and recover the expenses. ExpenseĀ how toĀ be
  
  ascertainedĀ and recovered.-
  If any such delay orĀ
  
  omission asĀ aforesaid takeĀ place, theĀ persons havingĀ the control orĀ
  
  management of the street, bridge, sewer, drain, or tunnel, in respect of which
  
  such delay or omission shall take place, may cause the work so delayedĀ or
  
  omitted to be executed; and the expense of executing the same shall be repaidĀ
  
  to such persons by the said Company; and the amount of such expense shall,Ā in
  
  caseĀ of any dispute about the same, be ascertained and recoveredĀ in CalcuttaĀ
  
  and inĀ any other town or place subject to the jurisdictionĀ of any of Her
  
  Majesty's Courts of Judicature, in the manner inĀ which expensesĀ are
  
  ascertained and recovered under Act XIV of 1856 1, andĀ inĀ anyĀ town or place
  
  not within the jurisdiction of any ofĀ Her Majesty'sĀ Courts, inĀ theĀ sameĀ
  
  mannerĀ asĀ damagesĀ are recoverable under this Act.