44Period for payment of fine

### 44 Period for payment of fine > [*\[Section 44 Substituted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja35@GC4@EN) > > > (1)  Subject to [subsection (2)](#GS44@Gs2@EN) , a court that orders an offender to pay a fine must also order that the fine be paid within 28 days. > > > (2)  In special and unusual circumstances, a court may order that the fine be paid within a period of less than 28 days. > > > (2A)  [*\[Section 44 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 19 of 2020, s. 9, Applied:22 Aug 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-08-22/act-2020-019#GS9@EN) If a court that orders an offender to pay a fine does not order that the fine be paid within a period of 28 days or less, the court is to be taken to have ordered that the fine be paid within a period of 28 days. > > > (3)  A court is not to impose any condition of payment other than the period within which payment is to be made. > > > (4)  [*\[Section 44 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 6 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2008-006#JS1@Ja8@GC2@EN) An order under [subsection (1)](#GS44@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS44@Gs2@EN) may be made so as to apply from – > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 44 Subsection (4) amended by No. 2 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:31 Mar 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-03-31/act-2017-002#GS8@EN) the date of conviction or on which the finding of guilt was made; or > > > > > > > (b) if the offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment that is not wholly suspended, the date on which the offender is released in respect of that term.