Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

For bødeansvaret fastsættes ingen forvandlingsstraf.

English translation:

No punishment in lieu can be imposed as an alternative to a fine

Added to glossary by Pernille Kienle
Feb 1, 2021 18:31
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Danish term

For bødeansvaret fastsættes ingen forvandlingsstraf.

Danish to English Law/Patents Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) business
Paragraph in Danish legislation - den er kringlet... nogen, der har et bud? :)

Discussion

Christopher Schröder Feb 1, 2021:
Fines can’t be converted into imprisonment if unpaid. Don’t know the legalese for that.

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Danish term (edited): For bødeansvaret fastsættes ingen forvandlingsstraf
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No punishment in lieu can be imposed as an alternative to a fine

forvandlingsstraf: jur. alternative sentence > Bailey's Dansk-Engelsk Handels Fagordbog, as opposed to Bailey's Irish Cream liqueur.

Fine tends to be criminal and penalty contractual, though the lines get blurred, e.g. a penalty fare payable on public transport or penalty points entered on a UK driving licence.

Better steer clear of a 'custodial sentence' for forvandlingsstraf as there may well be other alternatives to imprisonment, such as a community service-type order e.g. of doing unpaid work, rather than 'judicial corporal punishment' like a caning or birching that has been outlawed in most civilised countries: on the Isle of Man in relatively recent times.

Det medfører bødeansvaret : it is punishable by a fine, Vinterberg + Bodelsen.

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Note added at 9 heures (2021-02-02 04:20:49 GMT)
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Asker: yes. Certainly, turn my wording round, My original idea had in fact been closer to that phraseology: 'There shall be no alternative sentence imposable in lieu of a fine.'
Example sentence:

IATE: penalty [LAW > criminal law] COM en community service COM community sentence COM da samfundstjeneste

Stk. 7. Der fastsættes ingen forvandlingsstraf for bødeansvaret efter stk. 1.

Note from asker:
Hmm - perhaps 'No alternative punishment may be imposed in lieu of a fine'?
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