Interim compensation power: courts may order provisional payments by cheque drawers to protect complainants during criminal proceedings. The amendment empowers courts to order interim compensation from cheque drawers to complainants in dishonoured-cheque criminal trials, subject to a statutory ceiling and prompt payment with limited extension; such payments may be recovered as a fine and are creditable against any final fine or compensation, and must be repaid with bank-rate interest if the drawer is acquitted.
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Interim compensation power: courts may order provisional payments by cheque drawers to protect complainants during criminal proceedings.
The amendment empowers courts to order interim compensation from cheque drawers to complainants in dishonoured-cheque criminal trials, subject to a statutory ceiling and prompt payment with limited extension; such payments may be recovered as a fine and are creditable against any final fine or compensation, and must be repaid with bank-rate interest if the drawer is acquitted.
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