Part VII Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Fees, fines, forfeitures, etc.

137 Fees.

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138 Remission of fees

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139 Disposal of sums adjudged to be paid by conviction.

F3The designated officer for a magistrates' court shall apply moneys received by him on account of a sum adjudged to be paid by a summary conviction as follows—

a

in the first place in payment of any compensation adjudged by the conviction to be paid to any person;

F4aa

in the second place in payment to the fund mentioned in paragraph (c) below of surcharges imposed under section 161A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

b

in the F5third place in payment of any costs so adjudged to be paid to the prosecutor; and

c

the balance to the fund to which, or the person to whom, he is required to pay the sum by F6section 38 of the Courts Act 2003 or any other enactment relating to the sum.

C1C2C3C4C5140 Disposal of non-pecuniary forfeitures.

Subject to any enactment relating to customs or excise, anything other than money forfeited on a conviction by a magistrates’ court or the forfeiture of which may be enforced by a magistrates’ court shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the court may direct; and the proceeds shall be applied as if they were a fine imposed under the enactment on which the proceedings for the forfeiture are founded.