# The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981, Rule 46: Notice to defendant of fine or forfeited recognizance

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(1) Where under section 140(1) of the Act of 2000, section 49 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 or section 19(5) of the Coroners Act 1887 a magistrates' court is required to enforce payment of a fine imposed or recognizance forfeited by the Crown Court or by a coroner or where a magistrates' court allows time for payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a summary conviction, or directs that the sum be paid by instalments, or where the offender is absent when a sum is adjudged to be paid by a summary conviction, the designated officer for the court shall serve on the offender notice in writing stating the amount of the sum and, if it is to be paid by instalments, the amount of the instalments, the date on which the sum, or each of the instalments, is to be paid and the places and times at which payment may be made; and a warrant of control or commitment shall not be issued until the preceding provisions of this rule have been complied with.
(2) A notice under this rule shall be served by delivering it to the offender or by sending it to him by post in a letter addressed to him at his last known or usual place of abode.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/552/rule/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-1981/rule-46
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