Application of a court fine

The article substantiates the need for further improvement of the court fine as another measure of a criminal nature. The introduction into the criminal law of the grounds for exemption from criminal liability with the imposition of a court fine, on the one hand, allowed facilitating the judicial system, significantly reducing the burden on the system of execution of criminal penalties, on the other - gave rise to a whole range of issues related to the application of a court fine as a measure of a criminal nature. The authors identified a number of problems - the dualistic approach to the essence of a court fine (as a basis for exemption from criminal liability and as a measure of a criminal nature), the definition of its minimum limit, the establishment of rules for the appointment of a court fine in the aggregate of crimes, the regulation of the timing of payment of a fine, the provision of installments or deferral of payment of a court fine.