Cap. 9 Art. 698Compensation of victims of crime.

(1) The Minister may make regulations to establish a scheme for the compensation of victims of crime under such conditions and restrictions and subject to such considerations and qualifications as the Minister may provide and to establish a fund to finance such a scheme.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-article (1), any scheme established under this article:

(a) may be of general application extending to all crimes or may be limited to such crimes as may be specified in the regulations;

(b) may provide that compensation by Government to the victim shall only be payable when the victim has exhausted all remedies available to him against the offender for the payment of damages suffered by the victim;

(c) may provide for a ceiling on the amount payable to any individual victim or group of victims by way of compensation under the scheme.

(3) The Government shall be subrogated in the rights of the victim against the offender for the payment of any sums received by the victim from the Government in accordance with any scheme established by regulations under this article.