SENTENCING ACT 1991 - SECT 52 Financial circumstances of offender

SENTENCING ACT 1991 - SECT 52

    (1)     If a court decides to fine an offender it must in determining the amount and method of payment of the fine take into account, as far as practicable, the financial circumstances of the offender and the nature of the burden that its payment will impose.

    (2)     A court is not prevented from fining an offender only because it has been unable to find out the financial circumstances of the offender.

S. 53 substituted by No. 32/2013 s. 47 (as amended by No. 77/2013 ss 45, 48).