Criminal Law Reforms : Introducing The 'Penalty Unit' & The 'Standard Scale'
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Criminal Law Reforms : Introducing The 'Penalty Unit' & The 'Standard Scale'

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One happy development in the legal field during the Covid-19 lockdown was the formation of a five-member Committee for Reforms in Criminal Law as reported here. That easy way is through the adoption of a legislative device known as "penalty unit" in Australia or a device called the "Standard Scale" as used in the United Kingdom. Secondly, in case one feels that fines prescribed across the board for all criminal offences require updating, then by simply amending the definition of "penalty unit" the prescribed fines across all statutes are revised appropriately. In the United Kingdom, a "Standard Scale of Fines" is provided for summary offences and contained in Section 37 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1982. In my view, the Australian model of "penalty unit" seems the more flexible and effective device compared to the United Kingdom's "Standard Scale".

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