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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1994
ADJUSTED FROM TIME то WITHOUT THE NEED FOR THE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
"THIS WILL ENABLE MAXIMUM FINES TO BE TIME BY MEANS OF A SINGLE AMENDMENT, AND LEGISLATURE TO PASS A BILL, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
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HE HOWEVER NOTED THAT REVISION OF REASON OF INFLATION WOULD CONTINUE TO BE DONE BY AMENDING LEGISLATION, AND THESE REVISIONS CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
FINES OTHER THAN FOR THE MEANS OF SEPARATE WOULD BE JUSTIFIED ON A
THE STANDARD SCALE WOULD NOT EXCEED $100,000, HE ADDED.
APPLY TO
FINES
THAT CURRENTLY
THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM FINES FOR EACH LEVEL ARE $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, $50,000 AND $100,000.
ARE
OF
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THERE
HUNDREDS PRESENTLY
POWER TO THE PROVISIONS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT OUR LEGISLATION GIVING
IMPOSE
EITHER ALONE OF
то OTHER COURTS TO SENTENCES, ON CONVICTION.
FINES,
THEIR DETERRENT
IN
ADDITION
TO
IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN
EFFECT, HE SAID EACH PROVISION PRESCRIBING A FINE NEEDS TO BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.
AND
THE DATE INFLATION
HE SAID: "AT PRESENT THIS IS A COMPLICATED, TIME-CONSUMING WASTEFUL PROCESS: EACH FINE PROVISION HAS TO BE IDENTIFIED, OF THE LAST REVISION OF THE FINE ASCERTAINED, THE EXTENT OF SINCE THAT DATE CALCULATED, AND AN APPROPRIATE INCREASE DECIDED UPON.
"A
INSTRUMENT HAS LEGISLATIVE
THEN
PREPARED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, OR TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, TO BOTH.
AND
OR
MANY FINKS HAVE NOT DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE
"BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS SO INEFFICIENT, BEEN ADJUSTED TO REFLECT INFLATION AND THE FINES HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY BRODED,' HE SAID.
UNITED SCALE OF
THE SPOKESMAN SAID A SIMILAR PROBLEM WAS TACKLED IN THE KINGDOM IN 1977 BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A SYSTEM OF STANDARD FINES.
AND TARIFFS WAS AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING PARTY ON FINES
PROBLEM ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1991 BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO STUDY THE
A SIMILAR STANDARD SCALE OF IN HONG KONG, AND IT RECOMMENDED THAT FINES SHOULD BE INTRODUCED, HE SAID.
THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE
WEDNESDAY.
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