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Fines Act 1996
107Enforcement of fine imposed by reciprocating court
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#### 107 Enforcement of fine imposed by reciprocating court
107 Enforcement of fine imposed by reciprocating court
> > (1) Where, under a conviction of a reciprocating court, a fine is payable by a body corporate having or appearing to have property in New South Wales and the Commissioner receives a request in writing from the relevant officer of the reciprocating court for the enforcement of the fine, accompanied by—
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> > > (a) a copy, certified by the relevant officer to be correct, of the conviction, and
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> > > (b) a certificate under the hand of the relevant officer specifying the amount of the fine that remains unpaid,
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> > the Commissioner is required—
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> > > (c) to register the certified copy of the conviction, and
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> > > (d) to note, on the certified copy, the date of registration.
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> > (2) On registration of a conviction—
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> > > (a) the conviction is, for the purposes of this Part, taken to be a conviction of a New South Wales court, and
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> > > (b) the Commissioner is required to make a fine enforcement order under this Act for the purpose of recovering the amount specified as unpaid in the certificate relating to conviction.
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> > (3) Where a request is made under this section in respect of a fine payable under a conviction of a reciprocating court and the Commissioner, after the request, receives a notification from the relevant officer of the reciprocating court of payment of an amount in satisfaction in whole or in part of the amount of the fine—
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> > > (a) the Commissioner must record particulars of the payment, and
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> > > (b) the payment is, for the purposes of enforcement action under this Act, taken to be payment in pursuance of the fine enforcement order made under this section.
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> > (4) The Commissioner is required to remit to the relevant officer of the reciprocating court concerned the amount of any fine recovered in pursuance of a fine enforcement order made under this section.
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> > (5) For the purposes of this section, a document that purports to have been signed by the relevant officer of a reciprocating court is taken to have been so signed unless the contrary is proved.
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> **s 107:** Am 2013 No 82, Sch 1 \[5\].