When a person is convicted of an offence that involves theft or receiving stolen property, and it is proven that another person purchased the stolen property from the convicted individual without knowing or having reason to believe it was stolen, and that money was taken from the convicted person's possession upon their arrest, the Court may, upon the application of the purchaser and after the stolen property has been returned to the rightful owner, order that a sum of money, not exceeding the amount paid by the purchaser for the property, be paid to the purchaser from the money seized.
