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Statutory Instrument 14A of 2023

Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Standard Scale of Fines) Notice, 2023

Published:
22 February 2023
This copy:
As published in the Government Gazette on 22 February 2023. It replaced the scale of 2021 and may itself have been replaced since.
Source:
Big Sky Supplies

What this means for you

Zimbabwe's laws set fines as levels rather than amounts, so the money can change without rewriting every law. This notice sets what each level is worth: level 1 is US$5, level 2 US$15, level 3 US$30, level 5 US$200, level 6 US$300 and level 14 US$5,000.

When the Road Traffic Act says a fine not exceeding level six, this is where you look it up: up to US$300. The traffic deposit fine schedule uses the same levels.

The amounts are in US dollars and payable in local currency at the interbank rate. The scale is replaced from time to time, so check that this is still the current one.

The text

IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has, in terms of section 280(7) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23], made the following notice:

  1. This notice may be cited as the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Standard Scale of Fines) Notice, 2023.

  2. The First Schedule to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23], is repealed and substituted by the following:

“First Schedule (Sections 2(1) and 280)

STANDARD SCALE OF FINES

LevelMonetary amount US$
15
215
330
4100
5200
6300
7400
8500
9600
10700
111 000
122 000
133 000
145 000.”
  1. The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Standard Scale of Fines) Notice, 2021, published in Statutory Instrument 209 of 2021, is hereby repealed.

  2. The fines in the Schedule are expressed in United States dollars but payable in the equivalent Zimbabwean dollars at the prevailing interbank rate.

Published in the Government Gazette on 22 February 2023.

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