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An illustration fine slip from A Library Primer (1899). Library fines, also known as overdue fines, late fees, or overdue fees, are small daily or weekly fees that libraries in many countries charge borrowers after a book or other borrowed item is kept past its due date.
The sums of categories are always 1, 10, 20, 50, 200 and 2000 times the amount of the first category. In addition to the fine, the convict also has to pay an administration fee [16] of €9. [17] The amounts are established by the government, via a royal order. [15]
A sign on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Ontario, Canada, warning of a $10,000 fine, a roadside licence suspension, and a roadside vehicle seizure if motorists exceed the speed limit by 50 km/h or more. In Canada, most traffic laws are made at the provincial level.
The overdraft fee was also designed as a penalty for unauthorised lending from the bank, but regulators and governments have pushed back against fees that are designed as penalties. Consumer laws in a number of countries have forced banks to not charge fees beyond what is reasonably necessary to recover their costs.
Florida is known to use a large number of fees, these can be collected from defendants with a 40% surcharge [15] Georgia: Georgia assesses a 10% additional fee if a defendant challenges a traffic violation and is found guilty [16] Hawaii Idaho: Defendants are often required to pay fees [17] Illinois: Offenders can be ordered to pay some court ...
Poland's antitrust and consumer protection watchdog imposed a fine of 106.6 million zlotys ($27.3 million) on PayPal Europe for failing to spell out to consumers in its contractual clauses ...
Affirm Holdings, Inc. is an American technology company that provides financial services for shoppers and merchants. [4] [5] [6] Founded in 2012 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, [7] it is the largest U.S. based buy now, pay later lender.
Canada's current private copying levies are as follows: $0.29 per unit for CD-R, CD-RW, CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio disks. [10] The Pirate Party of Canada, or the PPCA, has called for the scrapping the levy, as there are plenty of non-piracy related uses for CDs and it is unjust to punish Canadians who don't use them for these purposes. [11]