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Section41.If the trial of the civil case would delay or impede the trial of the criminal case, the court has the power to order disjoining the civil case from the criminal case to be tried separately by a court having the power to address it.
Section42.In trying the civil case, if the evidence adduced in the criminal case is still insufficient, the court may take additional evidence.
In such event, the court may adjudicate upon the criminal case first and adjudicate upon the civil case later.
Section43.In a case of theft, snatching, robbery, gang robbery, piracy, extortion, defrauding, embezzlement, or receipt of stolen goods, if the injured person has the right to claim the property he has been deprived of by the commission of the offence or its value, a public prosecutor shall, when submitting the charge instituting the criminal case, claim the property or its value on behalf of the injured person also.
Section44.To claim property or its value according to the previous section, a public prosecutor may submit an application together with the criminal case or may submit a motion at any stage whilst the criminal case is being tried before the court of first instance.
