Section 5:
Power of court to require released offenders to pay compensation and costs.
(1) The court
directing the release of an offender under section 3 or section 4, may, if it thinks fit, make at the same
time a further order directing him to pay—
(a) such compensation as the court thinks reasonable for loss or injury caused to any person by
the commission of the offence; and
(b) such costs of the proceedings as the court thinks reasonable.
(2) The amount ordered to be paid under sub-section (1) may be recovered as a fine in accordance
with the provisions of sections 386 and 387 of the Code.
(3) A civil court trying any suit, arising out of the same matter for which the offender is
prosecuted, shall take into account any amount paid or recovered as compensation under sub-section (1)
in awarding damages.