PENALTIES (REMISSION) ORDINANCE, 1860

PENALTIES (REMISSION) ORDINANCE, 1860

No.3 of 1860.


An Ordinance to make provision for the remission of
penalties.

[17th August, 1860.]


WHEREAS penalties which under penal statutes or Ordinances are
made payable to parties other than the Crown cannot be remitted
by the Governor where no express provision hss been made by the

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.

Imperial Statute or Colonial Ordinance for that purpose, and it is
expedient that the law as to the remission of such penalties should
be amended and made uniform:-

This Ordinance may be cited as the Penalties (Remis-
sion) Ordinance, 1860.

2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to remit, in whole
or in part, any sum of money which, under any Act of Par-
liament or any Ordinance now in force or hereafter to be
passed, may be imposed as a penalty or forfeiture on a con-
victed offender, although such money may be in whole or in
part payable to some party other than the Crown, and to
order the discharge of any person who may be imprisoned
for non-payment of any ssum of money so imposed.
[Originally No. 14 of 1860. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Power to Governor to remit penalties other than those due to the Crown.

[Originally No. 14 of 1860. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Power to Governor to remit penalties other than those due to the Crown.

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