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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
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### sec.52 Definitions
In this division—
fine includes the fee payable for lodging a complaint for an offence with a clerk of the court.
s 52 def fine sub 1993 No. 36 s 2 sch 1
original order means an order of a court—
that imposes a fine on an offender, whether or not it also requires the payment of another penalty; and
that directs that in default of payment of the fine or other penalty either immediately or within a fixed time, the offender is to be imprisoned for a period ordered by the court.
- (a) that imposes a fine on an offender, whether or not it also requires the payment of another penalty; and
- (b) that directs that in default of payment of the fine or other penalty either immediately or within a fixed time, the offender is to be imprisoned for a period ordered by the court.