Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Detention [pdf, 97 KB]
...concerning compensation for persons wrongly convicted and imprisoned in criminal cases. They replaced previous guidelines first adopted by Cabinet in 1998. The Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment were issued by the Minister of Justice on 19 August 2020 and came into force on that date. Subsequently, amendments have been made to: a extend the Guidelines to include compensation for wrongly convicted persons sentenced to home detention or the military sent...