Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 698

698. (1) The Minister may make regulations to establish a scheme for the compensation of victims of crime under such conditions and restrictions and s ubject to such considerations and qualifications as the Minister m ay provide and to establish a f und 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 applicati on 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 v i c t i m s h a l l o n l y b e p a y a b l e w h e n t h e v i c t i m h a s 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 receive d by the victim from the Government in accordance with any scheme established by regulatio ns under this article. CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 417 Power to make regulations. Added by: XXIV .2014.72. Substituted by: V .2022.13.