Latest update March 29th, 2024 12:59 AM
May 04, 2022 News
Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Supreme Court Registry collected over $253 million in fees, fines and seizures in 2018. This is according to the Judiciary’s recently released Annual Report for the year 2018.
The Supreme Court Registry is a revenue earner. The Registry earns revenue in the form of fees which are required to be paid in accordance with the scales of fees contained in the Rules of Court for the performance of duties and execution of processes by officers of the court.
The Magistrates’ Courts are also revenue earners. They collect revenues in the form of fees which are required to be paid in accordance with the scales of fees contained in the Rules of Court for the performance of duties and execution of processes by officers of the court.
The Magistrates’ Courts also earn revenue from fines and costs imposed by Magistrates from the outcome of cases and in some cases where bail is escheated by the Magistrates.
According to the 2018 report, in addition to the $253,945,145, the registry earned from fees, fines and seizures, it also earned: $1,527,300, in State cost, $34,353, in other loans and advance, $856,462, in sundries and $600,000 in sale of asset.
Further, a comparison between the actual revenue collected for the year 2018 as against budgeted amount, revealed an $18,136,740 shortfall.
It was stated in the report that the overall shortfall in revenue by $18,136,740 was attributed to the number of custodial sentences handed down by Magistrate’s rather than monetary fines, less matters that outcomes resulted in the payment of a state cost, reduction in traffic offences resulting in ticketed fines and overall the number of matters that were heard and concluded by Magistrate’s across the nine Magisterial Districts.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
Mar 29, 2024
By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – After a series of outstanding performances in 2023, Tianna Springer, dubbed the ‘wonder girl’, is eagerly gearing up to compete in this year’s...Kaieteur News – Good Friday in Guyana is not what it used to be. The day has lost much of its solemnity. The one day... more
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – In the face of escalating global environmental challenges, water scarcity and... more
Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]