France and Germany flouted the pact, ignoring threats of swingeing fines.
The amnesty on fines and overdue items would run until the end of June to allow library users to return outstanding books, magazines, DVDs or other materials and have their fines waived.
This week the lower house passed a bill proposing stiff fines for immigrants without papers and high charges for residency permits.
THEY are hemmed in by more bus lanes, picked on by more traffic wardens, spied on by more speed cameras, punished with more fines and soaked more enthusiastically by the exchequer than ever before.
But violations and fines do occur.
Penalties could include big fines or an order to demolish the plants.
He did not object when I told him he'd have to pay the fines and probably for a lawyer.
Remedies available shall include imprisonment and/or monetary fines sufficient to provide a deterrent, consistently with the level of penalties applied for crimes of a corresponding gravity.
During Tuesday's brief discussion on the ordinance amendment, Councilman Richard Alarcon urged that a marketing strategy be planned to inform Los Angeles residents of the new fines and changes.
The four defendants face fines and possible imprisonment, if found guilty.
In its ruling, the court chastised Wang, who admitted his infidelity, and said it had reduced the amount of the fines because of his moral lapses.
When density of precipitated slurry is too high, because of the collision among particles, big spindly aggregates which are made of ultra-fines are born in reactor at the action of surface energy.
Police strictly enforce these speed limits with hefty fines.
BP denies gross negligence, which would greatly increase the fines that it faces as well as excusing its partners from having to contribute.
If the past can serve as a guide today, I believe people would comply more willingly if harsh bans and tactful handling were to balance and complement each other. This would be more welcome and effective than resorting to bans and fines.
Recalcitrant baggers could, in principle, face fines of up to 100,000 rupees ($2,000) or up to five years in jail.
The next step could be higher fines.
On pain of fines, but with the carrot of subsidies, these require that a certain amount of renewable fuel be blended into petroleum-based fuels over the next decade or so.
Risheq and other residents have been hoping to avert the demolition by applying for building permits and offering to pay fines.
Until then, he said, he and many of his countrymen will carry on living and working on the margins of the law — and no amount of fines, seizures or jail time will dissuade them.
By contrast, diplomats from Sweden, Denmark, Japan, Israel, Norway and Canada had no unpaid fines at all.
Currently, wildlife crime, he says, is treated as a misdemeanor with small fines.
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