(1)Where the court, whether on its own motion or the Public Prosecutor’s application, considers that a person has shown unusual courage, diligence or effort in the arrest of a person accused of having committed, attempted or abetted an offence punishable with death or imprisonment, then the court may order payment to him out of the Consolidated Fund of a sum of not more than $500.
Section history
Section 362 — Reward for unusual exertions and compensation for family of person killed in arresting
As in force on 1 June 2021.
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- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 31 August 2012 Revised edition
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- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
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(2)If a person is killed in trying to arrest or to keep in lawful custody any accused referred to in subsection (1), the Minister may order payment from the Consolidated Fund to the wife, husband, parent or child of the deceased of such money as appears reasonable compensation for the death.