Section 427: Payment and allocation of fines and fees

(1) A court, in fixing the amount of a fine to be imposed on a convict, shall take into consideration, amongst other things, the means of the convict.
(2) Where a fine is imposed, the payment of the court fees and other legal expenses payable in the case, up to and including conviction, shall not be taken into consideration in fixing the amount of the fine or be imposed in addition to the fine, but the amount of the fine, or of such part as may be paid or recovered, shall be applied as follows:
(a) in the first instance, in the payment to the informant or complainant of any court or other fees paid by him and ordered by the court to be repaid to him;
(b) in the second instance, the payment of any outstanding court fees not already paid by the informant or complainant which may be payable under rules of court; and
(c) the balance, if any, remaining after the above payments have been made shall be paid into general revenue of the Federation.