s 98A Provisions as to penalties ordered by court
98A.—(1) Where the court has ordered a Judicial Service Officer, Legal Service Officer, PD Officer, non‑practising solicitor or relevant lawyer (NP) to pay a penalty under section 82A(12), the Judicial Service Officer, Legal Service Officer, PD Officer, non‑practising solicitor or relevant lawyer (NP) must pay the penalty to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.[20/2009] [Act 33 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] [Act 23 of 2022 wef 01/12/2022] [Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/04/2025] (2) Where the court has ordered a regulated legal practitioner to pay a penalty under section 98, the regulated legal practitioner must pay the penalty to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.[40/2014] (3) Any penalty payable under subsection (1) or (2) which is not paid may be recoverable by the Government as a judgment debt. (4) All sums collected by the Registrar of the Supreme Court under subsection (1) or (2) or recovered by the Government under subsection (3) must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.