Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Fines.

Disposal of fines.

314.—(1) This section applies to every fine imposed for any offence under any provision of this Act.

(2) Section 51 of the Court Officers Act, 1926 (No. 27 of 1926), shall cease to apply to any fine to which this section applies.

(3) Every fine to which this section applies shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.

(4) Where a fine to which this section applies is remitted in whole or in part after it has been paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer under subsection (3) of this section, such fine or the portion thereof so remitted (as the case may be) shall be repaid out of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.