Section 51, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence and thefacts constituting the offence amount also to a tort against the person or property of the complainant, the Court before which that person is convicted may, on application of the prosecutor and if the evidence led at the trial so warrants, order the person convicted to pay the prosecutor such sum as appears to the Court to be reasonable compensation in so far as the sum shall not exceed the maximum fine that the Court is empowered to impose, in addition to or in lieu of any other punishment. (2) Where a person is convicted of an offence and in the opinion of the Court the offence has resulted in financial loss to the Government or to loss of Government property, the Court shall order the person so convicted to make good the loss occasioned by the offence on such terms as the Court shall thinks fit in addition to any other punishment. 26 27 Proof of previous conviction. Information o r First Joinder of charges and defendants. Compensation may be ordered. (3) Where compensation has been paid or a loss to the Government has been made good in accordance with subsections (1) and (2), the convicted person shall be released from all further or other proceedings by the prosecutor whether civil or criminal for the same cause.