MHHS · Consumer Protection Act
Part 14 — Remedies and Enforcement
168 Restitution
Act or the regulations may, on the application of the Minister of
Justice or of a person aggrieved or that person's representative, at
the time sentence is imposed, order the defendant to pay to an
aggrieved person an amount as restitution for loss of or damage to
property suffered by the aggrieved person as a result of the
commission of the offence where the amount is readily
ascertainable.
(2) If an amount that is ordered to be paid under subsection (1) is
not paid forthwith, the applicant may, by filing the order, enter as a
judgment in the Court of King's Bench the amount ordered to be
RSA 2000
paid, and that judgment is enforceable against the defendant in the
same manner as if it were a judgment rendered against the
defendant in the Court of King's Bench in civil proceedings.
(3) Every person who is ordered to pay an amount under this
section must make the payments in accordance with the order.
RSA 2000 cF-2 s168;2005 c9 s60;2013 c10 s34;
AR 217/2022;2022 c21 s15