The Police announces that the service of extrajudicial fines for traffic offenses detected by members of the Police, based on the provisions of the Extrajudicial Regulation of Offenses Law (Law 47(I)/1997) and based on the provisions of the Traffic Offences (Use of Photo-Marking Devices and Other Related Matters) Law (L. 55(I)/2001) for offenses recorded by the Light-Marking Devices, It is done in a completely legal way.
On this issue, it is clarified that the service of out-of-court notices can be done by a member of the Police at any point, which is located in the areas controlled by the Republic. This possibility is fully guaranteed from a legal point of view and based on the Criminal Procedure Law (Chapter 155).
At the same time, it is reminded that the filing of criminal proceedings against a person to whom an out-of-court fine, which was not paid, can be carried out after the lapse of one hundred and five (105) days, from the date of service of the fine, instead of forty-five, which was previously in force (and concerned the date of issue).
In addition, it is clarified that what matters is the date of service of the extrajudicial fine and not the date of its issuance (for the purpose of calculating the time, so that criminal prosecution can be brought).
Furthermore, it is noted that in order to impose the charge for an out-of-court fine that has not been paid (i.e. in order for the increase of the fine by half to be valid), the out-of-court fine must not be paid in ninety days (instead of thirty days, which was previously in force).
