Judicial Fine: Some Problems of Legislative Regulation

The article analyzes such a different measure of criminallegal nature as a court fine. A brief description of a judicial fine is given, its advantages and disadvantages, as well as the consequences of its nonpayment are considered. The aim of the work is to analyze the efficiency of the functioning of the institute of judicial fine, to identify its significant problems in order to develop proposals for improving domestic legislation. The following research methods were used: analogy and synthesis, generalization and system analysis. Based on the conducted research, the authors conclude that the Russian legislator needs to continue working on improving the norms regulating a judicial fine both within the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (CC RF) and the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation (CPC RF). In this case, two ways are proposed: either making a radical decision – excluding a judicial fine from other measures of a criminallegal nature and, accordingly, adjusting Section 6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; or a more gradual reform by establishing a minimum amount of a judicial fine, coordinating the provisions of criminal and criminal procedural legislation, as well as regrouping other measures of a criminallegal nature.