Cap. 446 Art. 24Payment of damages.

(1) A court, on making a probation order, community service order, combination order, an order for conditional discharge or on discharging any offender absolutely may, without prejudice to its power of awarding costs under articles 380 and 533 of the

Criminal Code, order the offender to pay such damages for injury or compensation for the loss as the court thinks reasonable.

(2) When issuing an order under sub-article (1), the Court may direct that such costs or damages are paid in instalments, in particular having regard to any other obligations which the offender has towards the victim or any of the victim’s dependants.

(3) An order for the payment of damages or compensation as aforesaid may be enforced in like manner as if it had been given in a civil action between the offender and the person to whom the damages or compensation are ordered to be paid:

Provided that nothing in this article shall derogate from any right of such person to recover any greater amount by any other means from the offender or any other person liable to pay the same.