CrPC § 545 — Power of Court to pay expenses of compensation out of fine

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whenever under any law in
force for the time being a Criminal Court imposes a fine or confirms in appeal, revision or otherwise a
sentence of fine, or a sentence of which fine forms a part, the Court may, when passing judgment, order the
whole or any part of the fine recovered to be applied-
(a) in defraying expenses properly incurred in the prosecution;
[(b) in the payment to any person of compensation for any loss
[injury or mental anguish or
psychological damage] caused by the offence, when substantial compensation is, in the opinion
of the Court, recoverable by such person in a Civil Court] ;
[(c) when any person is convicted of any offence which includes theft, criminal misappropriation,
criminal breach of trust, or cheating, or of having dishonestly received or retained, or of having
voluntarily assisted in disposing of, stolen property knowing or having reason to believe the
same to be stolen, in compensating any bona fide purchaser, of such property for the loss of the
same if such property is restored to the possession of the person entitled thereto.]

(2) If the fine is imposed in a case which is subject to appeal, no such payment shall be made before the
period allowed for presenting the appeal has elapsed, or, if an appeal be presented, before the decision of
the appeals.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.545: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 194, 195, 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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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 194, 195) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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