Section 544A. Compensation to the heirs of the person killed, etc
[5] (2) The compensation payable under sub-section (1) shall be recoverable as [6] and the Court may further order that, in default of payment [7] 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.