Victorian Numbered Acts

INFRINGEMENTS ACT 2006 (NO 12 OF 2006) - SECT 161

    (1)     Despite any provision (except section 26) of the Imprisonment of Fraudulent Debtors Act 1958 to the contrary or anything in the infringement warrant, if an infringement offender is imprisoned under an infringement warrant—

        (a)     the whole or any part of the outstanding fines may be paid by or on behalf of the infringement offender to the officer in charge of the prison or police gaol in which the infringement offender is detained; and

        (b)     the officer in charge must receive the payment and forward it without delay to an infringements registrar.

    (2)     If—

        (a)     the whole amount of the outstanding fines; or

        (b)     the amount remaining to be paid—

        is paid to the officer in charge of the prison or police gaol by or on behalf of the infringement offender who is imprisoned, the offender must be discharged if he or she is in custody for no other matter.

    (3)     If part of the outstanding fines is paid to the officer in charge of the prison or police gaol by or on behalf of the infringement offender who is imprisoned—

        (a)     the officer in charge must—

              (i)     amend the execution copy of the infringement warrant; and

              (ii)     receive the payment and forward it without delay to an infringements registrar; and

        (b)     at the end of the reduced term, the infringement offender who is imprisoned must be discharged if he or she is in custody for no other matter.

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PART 13—GENERAL