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]

(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , 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] 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] An order under subsection (1) or (2) 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] 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.