ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1994
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SYARIAH) CODE 1994

PART VII - SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 29 - GENERAL



Section 206. Order for payment of compensation.

(1) The Court before which a person is convicted of any offence may order for the payment by him of a sum to be fixed by the Court by way of compensation to any person or to the representative of any person injured in respect of his person, character or property by the offence for which the sentence is passed; and section 207 shall
apply to any order made under this section.

(2) To the extent of the amount which has been paid to a person or to the representative of a person, under an order for compensation, any claim of such person or representatives for damages sustained by reason of the offence shall be deemed to. have been satisfied, but the order for payment shall not prejudice any right to a civil remedy for the recovery of any property or for the recovery of damages beyond the amount of compensation paid under the order.

(3) Every order made under this section by a Judge shall be appealable to the Syariah High Court in the case of an order made by the Syariah Subordinate Court, and to the Syariah Appeal Court in the case of an order made by the Syariah High Court.




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