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The government of Zimbabwe has, through Statutory Instrument 14A of 2023, announced a new standard scale of fines.

In the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Standard Scale of Fines) Notice, 2023, seen by Pindula News, the government said offence level 1 needs US$5 while level 14, the highest level, needs US$5 000. Reads the notice:

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 The First Schedule to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23], is repealed and substituted by the following—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

> Level ………………………………. Monetary amount (US$)

> 1 ……………………………………………………….. 5
2 ……………………………………………………….. 15
3 ……………………………………………………….. 30
4 ……………………………………………………….. 100
5 ……………………………………………………….. 200
6 ……………………………………………………….. 300
7 ……………………………………………………….. 400
8 ……………………………………………………….. 500
9 ……………………………………………………….. 600
10 ……………………………………………………… 700
11 ………………………………………………………. 1 000
12 ………………………………………………………. 2 000
13 ………………………………………………………. 3 000
14 ………………………………………………………. 5 000.

> 3. The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Standard Scale of Fines) Notice, 2021, published in Statutory Instrument 209 of 2021, is hereby repealed.

> 4. The fines in the Schedule are expressed in United States dollars but payable in the equivalent Zimbabwean dollars at the prevailing
interbank rate.

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