Multiple administrative fines require global assessment

ATA/8/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJan 7, 1997Not Examined

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Omnilex summary

The headnote states that when a department intends to impose several administrative fines for violations of the LSD, it must assess the case as a whole under Art. 68 SCC. The authority sanctioning multiple offences cannot separate the penalties mechanically; it must apply a global concurrence analysis before fixing the sanctions.

Omnilex headnote

Administrative fines; multiple violations; global assessment under Art. 68 SCC: where an authority intends to impose several fines for several infringements, it must examine the case overall and determine the sanction in light of the concurrence rules. Art. 68 SCC applies to the fixing of multiple penalties and prevents a purely isolated calculation of each fine (consid. not indicated).

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Descripteurs

AMENDE; MANIFESTATION; MAISON DE JEU; SANCTION ADMINISTRATIVE; CUMUL(QUANTITE); JPT

Normes

RSD.35

Résumé

Le département qui entend prononcer plusieurs amendes pour violation de la LSD doit procéder à un examen global du cas au sens de l'art. 68 CPS. L'autorité qui sanctionne plusieurs infractions doit procéder à un examen global du cas. L'art. 68 CPS est applicable.

Keywords

administrative finesglobal assessmentconcurrencemultiple offencessanctioning authoritymanifestationgaming house

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether several administrative fines for LSD violations must be assessed globally under Art. 68 SCC.

Extracted holding

Yes. When several fines are to be imposed for multiple violations, the authority must carry out an overall assessment of the case; Art. 68 SCC applies.

Extracted reasoning

The sanctioning authority may not determine each penalty in isolation. It must evaluate the total situation and apply the global assessment required by the criminal-law concurrence rules, which are applicable by analogy to multiple administrative fines.

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