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Pecuniary Liabilities


     It is applicable in case the property of the offender should not be sufficient for the payment of all  his pecuniary liabilities. The same shall be met in the following order:
1. Reparation of the damage caused.
2. Indemnification of the consequential damages.
3. Fine
4. Costs of proceedings.
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