94Directions for compensation for injury

#### 94 Directions for compensation for injury 94 Directions for compensation for injury > > (1) A court that convicts a person of an offence may (on the conviction or at any time afterwards), by notice given to the offender, direct that a sum not exceeding $50,000 be paid out of the property of the offender to any— > > > > > (a) aggrieved person, or > > > > > (b) aggrieved persons in such proportions as may be specified in the direction, > > > > by way of compensation for any injury sustained through, or by reason of, the offence or any other offence taken into account (under Division 3 of Part 3 of the [Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-092)) when sentence was passed on the offender for that offence. > > > (2) A direction for compensation may be given by a court on its own initiative or on application made to it by or on behalf of an aggrieved person.