Cap. 220 Art. 79Fines.

(1) The amount of a fine that may be awarded by a court-martial under this Act by way of punishment for an offence -

(a) except in the case of an offence against article 75, shall not exceed the amount of the offender’s pay for twenty-eight days; and

(b) in the said excepted case, where the civil offence constituting the offence against that article is punishable by a civil court in Malta by a fine, shall not exceed the maximum of that fine.

(2) The amount of a fine that may be awarded by way of punishment for an offence where, under this Act, a charge is dealt with summarily -

(a) except in the case of an offence against the said article 75, shall not exceed the amount of the offender’s pay for fourteen days; and

(b) in the said excepted case -

(i) in any case, shall not exceed the amount mentioned in the foregoing paragraph;

(ii) where the civil offence constituting the offence against that article is punishable by a civil court in Malta by a fine of a maximum amount less than the amount so mentioned, shall not exceed that maximum.

(3) For the purposes of this article a day’s pay shall, as regards a person found guilty of an offence, be deemed to be the gross pay that is, or would (apart from any forfeiture) be, issuable to that person in respect of the day on which punishment is awarded in respect of the offence.

(4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this article shall be taken as affecting the amount of the fine that may be awarded by virtue of article 179(3)(a) or (b) to a person to whom Part III and this Part of this Act apply by virtue of that article.

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