s 10 Supplementary provisions as to probation and discharge
10.—(1) Without prejudice to section 49(1)(d) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993 (which enables a court to order the parent or guardian of a child or young person charged with an offence to give security for his good behaviour), any court may, on making a probation order or an order for conditional discharge under this Act, if it thinks it expedient for the purpose of the reformation of the offender, allow any person who consents to do so to give security for the good behaviour of the offender.[20/2001] (2) A court, on making a probation order or an order for conditional discharge or on discharging an offender absolutely under this Act, may, without prejudice to its power of awarding costs against him, order the offender to pay such damage for injury or compensation for loss as the court thinks reasonable; but, in the case of an order made by a Magistrate’s Court, the damages and compensation together shall not exceed $500. (3) An order for the payment of damages or compensation as aforesaid may be enforced in like manner as an order for the payment of costs by the offender; and where the court, in addition to making such an order for the payment of damages or compensation to any person, orders the offender to pay to that person any costs, the orders for the payment of damages or compensation and for the payment of costs may be enforced as if they constituted a single order for the payment of costs. (4) Where a court makes any order under this section and the offender is below 18 years of age, the order must be enforced against the offender’s parent or guardian, unless the court is satisfied that the parent or guardian cannot be found or that the parent or guardian has not contributed to the commission of the offence by the offender by neglecting to exercise due care over the offender.[Act 30 of 2019 wef 30/12/2025]