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Section 167, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024
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(1) A corporation or company that is convicted of anoffence shall, in lieu of a term of imprisonment that is prescribed as
the punishment for that offence or where no fine is prescribed, be
fined in an amount that is in the discretion of the Court where the
offence is triable on indictment and where tried summarily, to a fine
within the jurisdiction of Magistrate Court.
(2) The prosecutor may, where a fine imposed under
subsection (1) is not paid on the filing of the conviction, enter as a
judgment, the amount of the fine and costs in the High Court and that
judgment shall be enforceable against the corporation or company
in the same manner as if it were ajudgment entered against the
corporation or company in the High Court in a civil proceeding.
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