The fine

§ 127. (1) In order to maintain the order of the procedure and due to the violation of the procedural obligations, a fine may be imposed in the cases specified in this Act.

(2) The amount of the fine

a) in the case of a fine imposed on a non-natural person from twenty thousand forints to one million to five hundred thousand forints,

b) in the case of a fine imposed on a lawyer, legal representative, interpreter or expert, expert body or body, from twenty thousand forints to one million forints,

c) in other cases from five thousand forints to one million forints

can spread.

3. In fixing the amount of the fine, regard shall be had to the gravity and consequences of the conduct giving rise to it, and in particular to its contribution to the length of the criminal proceedings and to their recurrent nature.

(4) If the conduct giving rise to the imposition of a fine has resulted in a prolongation of the criminal proceedings lasting more than one month, the fine shall be imposed.

(5) A fine may be imposed by a court, prosecutor's office or investigative authority.

(6) The enforceability of a fine shall lapse if one year has elapsed from the date on which the decision imposing the fine,

(a) the non - decision has become final; or

(b) the time-limit for lodging a complaint against a decision of the public prosecutor's office or the investigating authority has expired, without the lodging of a complaint, or the time-limit for lodging a complaint has been examined by the public prosecutor's office without repealing the order imposing a fine.

(7) The limitation period shall not include the period of deferral or installment payment for the payment of the fine.

(8) The limitation period shall be interrupted by any measure taken to enforce an unpaid fine. On the day of the interruption, the limitation period shall begin again.

(9) There shall be no place for the enforcement of a fine if two years have elapsed from the date specified in subsection (6).

§ 128. (1) An appeal lodged against the imposition of a fine shall have suspensory effect.

(2) With the exception of a fine imposed pursuant to Section 18 (2) and Section 28 (5), the court shall change the penalty imposed on a natural person to imprisonment if it is not paid.

(3) In the event of a change of the fine to foreclosure, a daily foreclosure shall be calculated instead of five thousand forints. Detention in lieu of a fine may not exceed one hundred days. The person concerned must be warned of this in the decision imposing the fine.

(4) There is no appeal against a decision to convert a fine into a confinement.

(5) The investigating judge and then the court shall decide on the change of the fine imposed by the prosecutor's office and the investigating authority before the indictment.

(6) In order to enforce a fine and a block substitute in lieu of a fine, the court in whose proceedings it becomes final shall take action. In order to enforce a fine imposed by the public prosecutor's office or the investigating authority, the public prosecutor's office or the investigating authority which imposed the fine shall take action.