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Criminal Law (Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1992

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Criminal Law (Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1992

No. 4 of 1992.
Certified on: 15.4.92

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION.

Repeal and replacement of Section 6.

"6. TERMS OF COMPENSATION ORDERS".

AN ACT

entitled

Criminal Law (Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1992,

Being an Act to amend the Criminal Law (Compensation) Act 1991,

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.

REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 6.

Section 6 of the Principal Act repealed and is replaced with the following:-

"6. TERMS OF COMPENSATION ORDERS.
"(1) A compensation order shall -

• (a) specify the nature and amount of the compensation to be paid; and
• (b) specify a default penalty in accordance with Schedule 1; and
• (c) specify the person or group of persons to whom the compensation is to be paid; and
• (d) specify the date by which and the manner in which the compensation is to be paid.

"(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse (proof of which is on him) contravenes or fails to comply with a term of a compensation order, is guilty of an offence.

• Penalty: A fine not exceeding K400.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

"(3) If, on information, it appears to a court that a person has committed a breach of or has failed to comply with a term of a compensation order, the court may -

• (a) issue a summons requiring the person to appear before it.; or
• (b) where the information is on oath - issue a warrant for his arrest.".
  

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Criminal Law (Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1992 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Criminal Law (Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1992 was made by the National Parliament on 11 March 1992.

Speaker of the National Parliament.