Enforcement of national penalties - fines

Latvia

Latvia - Criminal Code 1998 (2023) EN

Section 41. Fines

(1) A fine as a basic punishment or additional punishment is a sum of money, which is imposed by a court or prosecutor, to be paid for the benefit of the State within 30 days in the amounts specified in this Section

Section 66.4 Application of a Fine

(1) A fine is applicable only to those minors who have their own income. A fine applied to a minor shall be not less than one and up to fifty times the amount of the minimum monthly wage prescribed in the Republic of Latvia.

(2) The fine not paid within the specified period for a minor shall be replaced with community service by calculating one minimum monthly wage as forty hours of community service, however, not more than two hundred and eighty hours.

Latvia - Criminal Procedure Code 2005 (2022) EN

Section 903. Execution of Rulings of Financial Nature of an International Court

(2) The execution of a fine, or confiscation of criminally acquired property, determined by an international court shall take place in accordance with the procedures provided for in the laws and regulations of Latvia, without harming the bona fide rights of third persons.

(3) The competent authority shall take the measures provided for in this Law in order to regain the value of the income, property, or assets thereof that are to be confiscated on the basis of a decision of an international court. Obtained property or income shall be transferred to the international court.

Rome Statute

Article 109 Enforcement of fines and forfeiture measures

1. States Parties shall give effect to fines or forfeitures ordered by the Court under Part 7, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties, and in accordance with the procedure of their national law.

2. If a State Party is unable to give effect to an order for forfeiture, it shall take measures to recover the value of the proceeds, property or assets ordered by the Court to be forfeited, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.

3. Property, or the proceeds of the sale of real property or, where appropriate, the sale of other property, which is obtained by a State Party as a result of its enforcement of a judgement of the Court shall be transferred to the Court.