AYIFOR vs. OSABUTEY & ORS. [1959]DLHC1993

Date	1959-02-27
Suit No.	-
Citation No.	[1959]DLHC1993

OLLENNU. J.

TANDOH (FOR PUPLAMPU) FOR DEFENDANTS (APPELLANTS)

KORANTENG ADDOW FOR PLAINTIFF (RESPONDENT).

[1959]DLHC1993
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153">AYIFOR <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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153">OSABUTEY &amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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DATE:
27TH FEBRUARY, 1959.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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TANDOH
(FOR PUPLAMPU) FOR DEFENDANTS (APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>

KORANTENG
ADDOW FOR PLAINTIFF (RESPONDENT).<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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OLLENNU. J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J.<o:p></o:p>(His
lordship stated the history of the case, and proceeded:—)<o:p></o:p>The
defendants argue that the order in a criminal court for payment of compensation
out of the fine imposed, taken with plaintiff’s refusal to accept it, is in law
a bar to the plaintiff’s claim for damages. This argument is misconceived.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Criminal Procedure Code, Sec. 143 (1) (b), empowers a criminal court, upon
conviction of a person charged with an offence, to order the whole or part of
any fine recovered to be applied:—<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
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payment to any person of compensation for any loss or injury caused by the
offence when substantial compensation is in the opinion of the Court
recoverable by civil suit.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>And
sub-section 3 provides as follows:—<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“At the
time of awarding compensation in any subsequent civil suit relating to the same
matter, the Court shall take into account any sum paid or recovered as
compensation under this section.” These provisions are quite different from the
provisions for compensation provided in Sec. 72 (2) and (3) of the Criminal
Code, which are as follows: “(2) Any person who is convicted of a summary
offence punishable under this Code, or under any other law, may be adjudged by
the Court to make compensation, not exceeding twenty-five pounds, to any person
injured by his offence. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(3) Any
such compensation may be either in addition to or in substitution for any other
punishment.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>And Sec.
73 of the Criminal Code provides:—<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“where any
person who is injured by any offence punishable under this Code, or under any
other statute, receives compensation for such injury under the order of the
Court, or where the offender, having been ordered to make such compensation
suffers imprisonment for non-payment thereof, the receipt of such compensation
or the undergoing of such imprisonment, as the case may be, shall be a bar to
any action for the same injury; but, except as aforesaid, nothing in this Code
shall bar the action of any person in respect of any injury sustained by him or
his property.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>