Section 21 Application of fines.C1
United Kingdom
The court adjudging any fine or forfeiture under this Act may, if it thinks fit, direct the whole or any part thereof to be applied in or towards payment of the expenses of the proceedings; and, subject to such direction, all fines and the proceeds of all forfeitures recovered under this Act shall, notwithstanding anything in any Act relating to municipal corporations or otherwise, be paid into the Exchequer in such manner as the Treasury may direct.
Forfeitures may be destroyed, sold, and disposed of as the court adjudging the forfeiture may direct.
Annotations
Modifications
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S. 21 amended by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), s. 25(2), Sch. 2
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1)(2), Sch. 1 Pt. X, Group 2 (with saving in Sch. 2 para. 8) and subject to amendments by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 5