Where there is no victim support office within the court and the sentence is handed down in the presence of the civil party, the sentence enforcement office may be asked to receive the civil party after the hearing, assisted, where appropriate, by his or her lawyer, to inform them in particular of the practical arrangements enabling them to obtain payment of the damages awarded to them and, if applicable, of the steps that must be taken to refer the matter to the service d’aide au recouvrement des victimes d’infractions or the commission d’indemnisation des victimes d’infractions as well as the time limit within which they must take action.
The Sentence Enforcement Office will also inform the civil party of the possibility of referring the matter to the Victims’ Ombudsman.
>The Sentence Enforcement Office will also inform the civil party of the possibility of referring the matter to the Victims’ Ombudsman.