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money adjudged to be paid, etc. 42 & 43 Vict.
c. 49, s. 5. [cf. s. 42.]
No. 3 of 1890.
MAGISTRATES.
tion, in respect of the non-payment of any sum of money adjudged to be paid by a conviction, whether it be a fine or in respect of the property the subject of the offence, or in respect of the injury done by the offender, or in respect of the default of a sufficient distress to satisfy any such sum, shall be such period as, in the opinion of the magistrate, will satisfy the justice of the case, but shall not exceed in any case the maximum fixed by the following scale:
the period of imprisonment shall not exceed-
Where the amount does not exceed $1 7 days,
exceeds $1 but does not exceed $5 14 days,
exceeds $5 but does not exceed $10 1 month,
exceeds $10 but does not exceed $50 2 months,
exceeds $50 but does not exceed $150 3 months.
Where the fine or other sum adjudged to be paid is imposed by a sentence in addition to a term of imprisonment, the imprisonment imposed under this section or any other enactment shall commence from the expiration of the term of imprisonment imposed by the sentence.
This section shall apply to fines imposed by a stipendiary magistrate under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.
Costs.
58.-(1) In every case of summary conviction or of an award costs, order made by a magistrate, except as provided in section 60, it shall be lawful for the magistrate making the same to award and order in and by the conviction or order that the defendant shall pay to the complainant or informant respectively such costs as to him may seem just and reasonable in that behalf, but not in any case exceeding five dollars; and in any case where the magistrate, instead of convicting or making an order as aforesaid, dismisses the complaint or information, it shall be lawful for him, in and by his order of dismissal, to award and order that the complainant or informant respectively shall pay to the defendant such costs as to him may seem just and reasonable, but not in any case exceeding five dollars.
(2) The sum so allowed for costs shall in every case be specified in the conviction or order or order of dismissal as aforesaid, and the same shall be recoverable in the same manner as the fine or other sum adjudged to be paid.
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money adjudged to be paid, etc. 42 & 43 Vict.
c. 49, s. 5. [cf. s. 42.]
No. 3 of 1890.
MAGISTRATES.
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the period of imprisonment shall not exceed-
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This section shall apply to fines imposed by a stipendiary magistrate under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.
Costs.
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