Merchant Shipping Act : Application of fines. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Application of fines.

1*447.Application of fines. 1*[A Judicial Magistrate of the first class or a Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be,] imposing a fine under this Act may, if he thinks fit, direct the whole or any part thereof to be applied in compensating any person for any detriment which he may have sustained by the act or default in respect of which the fine is imposed or in or towards payment of the expenses of the prosecution.