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 White paper on crime 2003 Part 2/Chap.3/Sec.5 

Section 5 Criminal Compensation

  Under the provisions of the Criminal Compensation Law, those defendants who are found not guilty after being detained or kept in custody awaiting trial receive compensation in accordance with the length of detention or custody. Similarly, those defendants who are found not guilty by retrial after imprisonment in prisons etc. following a final guilty judgment receive compensation in accordance with the length of imprisonment.