CrPC § 544A — Compensation to the heirs of the person killed, etc

Statutory text (English)

[
(1) Whenever a person is convicted of
an offence in the commission whereof the death of, or hurt, injury or mental anguish or psychological
damage, to, any person is caused, or damage to or loss or destruction of any property is caused, the Court
shall, when convicting such person, unless for reasons to be recorded in writing it otherwise directs, order
the person convicted to pay to the heirs of the person whose death has been caused, or to the person hurt or
injured, or to the person to whom mental anguish or psychological damage has been caused, or to the owner
of the property damaged, lost or destroyed, as the case may be, such compensation as the Court may
determine having regard to the circumstances of the case.]

(2) The compensation payable under sub-section

(1) shall be recoverable as
[an arrears of land revenue]
and the Court may further order that, in default of payment
[or of recovery as aforesaid] the person ordered
to pay such compensation shall suffer imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or if it be a
Court of the Magistrate of the third class, for a period not exceeding thirty days.

(3) The compensation payable under sub-section

(1) shall be in addition to any sentence which the
Court may impose for the offence of which the person directed to pay compensation has been convicted.

(4) The provisions of sub-sections (2B), (2C),

(3) and

(4) of Section 250 shall, as far as may be, apply to
payment of compensation under this section.]

(5) An order under this section may also be made by an Appellate Court or by a Court when exercising
its powers of revision.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.544A: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 194, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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