Part IPowers of Courts to deal with Offenders
Financial penalties
19Fixing of fines in other cases
(1)
In fixing the amount of a fine (other than one the amount of which falls to be fixed under section 18 above), a court shall take into account among other things the means of the offender so far as they appear or are known to the court.
(2)
Subsection (1) above applies whether taking into account the means of the offender has the effect of increasing or reducing the amount of the fine.