{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:77","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Fines","number":"77","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/77/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART I — THE GENERAL PART","book":"BOOK II — PUNISHMENT","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 2. — Authorized Sentences"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Where permitted in lieu of other authorized punishments, a Court may impose a fine on a convicted offender to the extent allowed by law.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/77/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":73,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/73/?article=77&paragraph=p1#article-77-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"In fixing the amount of a fine for a particular offence or offences, the Court shall take into consideration the financial situation and family responsibilities of the defendant with a view towards determining his ability to pay any fine imposed. The Court may require the fine to be paid immediately or allow the fine to be paid periodically or as a condition of probation. A Court should not impose a fine unless it appears that the offender will have the means to pay the fine within the time allowed.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/77/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":73,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/73/?article=77&paragraph=p2#article-77-p2"},{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":74,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/74/?article=77&paragraph=p2#article-77-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"Any fine levied on an offender shall be extinguished by the death of the offender and shall not be executed against his heirs.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/77/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":74,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/74/?article=77&paragraph=p3#article-77-p3"}]},{"id":"p4","number":"4","text":"So long as a fine imposed for a particular offence is within the maximum fine under Article 65 and the factors in sub-Article (2) hereof are considered in light of the total fine imposed, fines imposed for multiple offences may be added together.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/77/#p4","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":74,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/74/?article=77&paragraph=p4#article-77-p4"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}