194. [1] Subject to subsection [2], a court that convicts an accused of an offence under section 184 , 184.5 , 193 or 193.1 may, on the application of a person aggrieved, at the time sentence is imposed, order the accused to pay to that person an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars as punitive damages.
[2] No amount shall be ordered to be paid under subsection [1] to a person who has commenced an action under Part II of the Crown Liability Act.
[3] Where 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 superior court of the province in which the trial was held, the amount ordered to be paid, and that judgment is enforceable against the accused in the same manner as if it were a judgment rendered against the accused in that court in civil proceedings.
[4] All or any part of an amount that is ordered to be paid under subsection [1] may be taken out of moneys found in the possession of the accused at the time of his arrest, except where there is a dispute respecting ownership of or right of possession to those moneys by claimants other than the accused. [1973-74, c.50, s.2; 1993, c.40, s.13.]