Application of fines
21 Application of fines
Where a fine is imposed under this Act for any offence against this
Act which has occasioned loss of life or personal injury, the Minister may direct such fine to be paid to, or distributed in such manner as he thinks fit among, the persons injured and the relatives of any person whose death may have been occasioned by the offence, or among such of them as the Minister thinks fit: Provided that the Minister shall not make any such direction unless he is of opinion that such persons did not occasion, or contribute to occasion, the offence, or did not commit and were not parties to committing the offence.
The fact of any such payment or distribution as aforesaid shall not in any way affect, or be receivable as evidence in, any legal proceeding relative to, or consequential on, the accident or offence.
Save as aforesaid, all fines recovered under this Act shall be paid to the Treasurer for the public uses of the State.
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