Jersey Law 39/1997

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (COMPENSATION ORDERS) (AMENDMENT) (JERSEY) LAW 1997

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A LAW     to amend the Criminal Justice (Compensation Orders) (Jersey) Law 1994 sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

22nd day of JULY 1997

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(Registered on the 29th day of August 1997)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 22nd day of April 1997

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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

ARTICLE 1

For paragraphs (4) and (5) of Article 5 of the Criminal Justice (Compensation Orders) (Jersey) Law 19941 there shall be substituted the following new paragraphs –

“(4)        Subject to paragraph (5), where a person is imprisoned or otherwise detained in default of the payment of a compensation order, on payment of the amount outstanding to the Viscount or governor of the prison, the order shall cease to have effect and such person shall be released unless he is in custody for some other cause.

(5)          Nothing in paragraph (4) shall oblige the governor of the prison to accept payment of the amount outstanding under a compensation order or release any person detained in default of payment of such order except between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.

(6)          Where, after a period of imprisonment or other detention has been imposed on any person in default of the payment of a compensation order, payment is made of part of the amount ordered to be paid, the term of the default sentence shall be reduced by a number of days bearing as nearly as possible the same proportion to the total number of days of that period of detention less one day as the sum paid bears to the amount ordered to be paid.

(7)          In calculating the reduction required under paragraph (6) any fraction of a day shall not be taken into account.

(8)          The governor of the prison shall pay any sums received under paragraph (4) to the Viscount.”.

ARTICLE 2

This Law may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Compensation Orders) (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 1997.

C.M. NEWCOMBE

Deputy Greffier of the States.