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Part IX · Compensation and Interim Awards

62. Default of payment of compensation

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Where a convicted person fails to pay the compensation ordered to be paid under section 61, he shall be liable-

(a)

if such order was made by the Magistrate’s Court, to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding two years; or

(b)

if such order was made by the High Court, to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding five years:

Provided however, if the court is satisfied upon inquiry that the convicted person does not have the necessary financial resources to pay the compensation, the court may enter a community based correction order, and where such order is entered, the provisions relating to community based correction orders contained in the Community Based

Corrections Act, No. 46 of 1999 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to that order.

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Part XI

Finance

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Part XII

General

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