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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 35
Order for restitution or compensation
35 Order for restitution or compensation
(1) The court may order that the offender— (a) make restitution of
property— (i) in relation to which the offence was committed; or
(ii) taken
in the course of, or in connection with, the commission of the offence; and
(b) pay compensation to a person for any loss or destruction of, damage caused
to, or unlawful interference with, property— (i) in relation to which the
offence was committed; or
(ii) in the course of, or in connection with, the
commission of the offence; and
(c) pay compensation for personal injury
suffered by a person (whether or not the person is the victim against whom the
offence was committed) because of the commission of the offence.
(2) An order
may be made under subsection (1) in addition to any other sentence to which
the offender is liable.
(3) If an offence is taken into account under
section 189 in imposing sentence on an offender for another offence, the court
may make an order under subsection (1) .
(4) If a court makes an order under
subsection (1) because of subsection (3) , then, despite section 189 (8) , the
offender has the same right of appeal as if the court had convicted the
offender of the offence in relation to which the order was made.
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