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WITNESSES (PUBLIC INQUIRIES) PROTECTION ACT 1892 - SECT 4

Court to have power to award costs and compensation to party aggrieved.

4. It shall be lawful for any court before which any person may be convicted
of any offence under this Act, if it thinks fit, in addition to sentence or
punishment by way of fine or imprisonment, to condemn such person to pay the
whole or any part of the costs and expenses incurred in and about the
prosecution and conviction for the offence of which he shall be convicted,
and, upon the application of the complainant, and immediately after such
conviction, to award to complainant any sum of money which it may think
reasonable, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, by way of
satisfaction or compensation for any loss of situation, wages, status, or
other damnification or injury suffered by the complainant through or by means
of the offence of which such person shall be so convicted; provided that where
the case is tried before a jury, such jury shall determine what amount, if
any, is to be paid by way of satisfaction or compensation.

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