74Application of fines
(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section any fine, the pecuniary proceeds of any forfeiture and any other sum recovered in respect of an offence against this Act shall, notwithstanding anything in any other enactment, be paid into the Exchequer unless applied as an appropriation in aid under section two of the Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891.
(2)In the application of the foregoing subsection to England and Wales, nothing therein shall prejudice the operation of section twenty-seven of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1949, or section one hundred and fourteen of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1952 (which relate to the disposal of fines imposed by courts of summary jurisdiction in England and Wales), but any sum paid to the Secretary of State in pursuance of the said section twenty-seven in respect of an offence against this Act shall be deemed to be Exchequer moneys within the meaning of that section and shall be paid by the Secretary of State into the Exchequer unless applied as aforesaid.