# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 62: Precedence of compensation order over fine.

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Where a convicted person has both been fined and had a compensation order made against him in respect of the same offence or different offences in the same proceedings, a payment by the convicted person shall first be applied in satisfaction of the compensation order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/62/section/62 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980/section-62
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