Compensation for loss of property

(1) Where an offender has been convicted of an offence under this Act, the Court may, at the time of passing the sentence and on the application of the person aggrieved, order the offender to pay to that person an amount by way of satisfaction 41 or compensation for loss of or damage to property suffered by that person as a result of the commission of the offence. (2) Where an amount that is ordered to be paid under sub- section (1) is not paid forthwith, the applicant may, by filing the order, enter as a judgment in the Court in which the trial was held, the amount ordered to be paid, and that judgment is enforceable against the offender in the same manner as if it were a judgment rendered against the offender in that Court in civil