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Restitution Order Following Securities-Fraud Conviction
Public Prosecutor v Convicted Brokerage Director
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Facts
Following criminal conviction for unauthorised trading on client accounts, the trial court ordered restitution to identified victims; defendant appealed the quantum.
Legal Issue
Whether the trial court could order restitution as part of the criminal sentence and the evidence threshold for quantum.
Holding
Supreme Court has approved trial-court restitution orders as part of the criminal sentence under the Criminal Procedure Code, with quantum based on documentary evidence of identifiable victim losses.
Reasoning
CPC §44/1 (introduced 2007) allows incorporated civil restitution within criminal proceedings; the SEC Act's civil-action framework supplements but does not replace the criminal court's power.
Significance
Streamlines victim recovery; criminal courts can handle complex civil quantification.
Practical Takeaway
Victims should preserve transaction records and align with the criminal-proceedings claim for accelerated recovery.
Cited Statutes
- Criminal Procedure Code §44/1
- Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535
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