Cap. 220 Art. 145Deductions for payment of civil penalties.

Where a person sentenced or ordered by a civil court (whether in or outside Malta) to pay a sum by way of fine, penalty, damages, compensation or costs in consequence of being charged before the court with an offence is at the time of the sentence or order, or subsequently becomes a member of the regular force, then if the whole or any part of that sum is met by a payment made by or on behalf of any military authority, the amount of the payment may be deducted from his pay.