Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Section 53 was inserted on Committee Stage in the Seanad. The section makes it an offence to fail to pay an award of compensation in circumstances where the court has made an order so directing the person concerned. The person guilty of an offence under section 53 shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.