CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 338
Effect of payment of penalty
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 338
Effect of payment of penalty
338 Effect of payment of penalty
(1) If the amount of penalty prescribed for
an alleged penalty notice offence is paid, no person is liable to any further
proceedings for the alleged offence.
(2) Payment of a penalty under this Part
is not to be regarded as an admission of liability for the purpose of, and
does not in any way affect or prejudice, any civil claim, action or proceeding
arising out of the same occurrence.
Note : The Fines Act 1996 sets out the procedures if a
person fails to pay a penalty under a penalty notice and for the annulment of
resulting fine enforcement orders.
