New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 123

123 Remission of fines or other penalties

(1) The Governor may remit, in whole or in part, any fine or other penalty imposed on a convicted offender under any Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Royal prerogative of mercy may be extended to a person imprisoned for the non-payment of a pecuniary fine or other penalty even though it was payable in whole or in part to a person other than the Crown.

(3) A fine that is remitted is taken to have been paid for the purpose of cancelling enforcement action under this Act.

(4) This section extends to all fines and other penalties (including an order for the payment of compensation by a person found guilty of an offence).

Note :
"Penalty" is defined in the Interpretation Act 1987 to include forfeiture and punishment and accordingly is not limited to the payment of money.