23. Recovery of compensation
The [compensation, penalties and expenses] mentioned in section 22 may be recovered as if they were fines imposed by the Magistrate.
Amendment notes (2)
- 1Subs w.e.f. 1-6-2026 Subs. by s. 2 and Sch., ibid., for “compensation, fines and expenses” (w.e.f. 1-6-2026).
- 2See ss. 63 to 70 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), and s. 421 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974); cf. also. s. 25 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897)