NOTE BY VERITAS
[not part of the above statutory instrument]
1.
These regulations came into operation on 4th April, 2008 (date of publication in the
Government Gazette). In terms of section of the Presidential Powers (Temporary
Measures) Act [Chapter 10:20] they will expire at midnight on the 1st October, 2008,
unless earlier repealed.
2.
The new levels of fines will apply only to offences committed on or after the 4th April.
3.
Normally, a new Standard Scale of Fines is enacted by a statutory instrument made by the
Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, with the prior approval of Parliament,
in terms of section 280 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23].
A draft statutory instrument for that purpose was tabled in the House of Assembly in
January, 2008, but there was not time for it to be considered before the House adjourned
and was then dissolved prior to the harmonised elections of 29th March. The cessation of
Parliamentary activity precluded for the time being the use of section 280 of the Criminal
Law (Codification and Reform) Act. The present statutory instrument accordingly enacts
more realistic levels of fines as a temporary measure, pending the resumption of
Parliamentary activity with the opening of the First Session of the new Parliament on a date
still to be fixed.
The previous Standard Scale of Fines, enacted by Statutory Instrument 134 of 2007 and
repealed by the present statutory instrument, was as follows:—
4.
STANDARD SCALE OF FINES
Level
Monetary amount
$
1 ....................................................... 20 000,00
2........................................................ 30 000,00
3........................................................ 40 000,00
4...................................................... 250 000,00
5...................................................... 500 000,00
6................................................... 1 000 000,00
7................................................... 2 000 000,00
8................................................... 3 000 000,00
9................................................... 5 000 000,00
10 ............................................... 10 000 000,00
11 ............................................... 15 000 000,00
12 ............................................... 20 000 000,00
13 ............................................... 40 000 000,00
14 ................................................ 50 000 000,00. ".
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