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617 PDFTitle:Pyramid Schemes Prohibition OrdinanceGazette Number:L.N. 181 of 2011
Section:7Heading:Power to award compensationVersion Date:01/01/2012

(1) If a person is convicted of an offence under this Ordinance, the court may, in addition to passing any sentence that may otherwise be passed by law, order the person to pay an amount of compensation that it thinks reasonable to any person who has suffered financial loss resulting from that offence.
(2) An amount of compensation ordered to be paid to a person under subsection (1) is recoverable as a civil debt.