ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 43
Appropriation of penalties
ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 43
Appropriation of penalties
43 Appropriation of penalties
(1) The following rules apply to an amount recovered because of the imposition
of a penalty or the making of a forfeiture order—
(a) any part of the amount
that is ordered under subsection (2) to be paid to the party prosecuting must
first be paid to the party;
(b) the remaining part of the amount must then be
paid to the consolidated fund.
(2) The court that imposes the penalty, or
makes the forfeiture order, may order that not more than half of the amount
recovered be paid to the party prosecuting.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply
if the party prosecuting is prosecuting as an officer or employee of the State
or an officer of the public service.
