Text of the provision
Art. 66. Imposition of fines. -In imposing fines the courts may fix any amount within the limits established by law; in fixing the amount in each case attention shall be given, not only to the mitigating and aggravating circumstances, but more particularly to the wealth or means of the culprit.
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act No. 3815, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
Within the range the law allows, the court may set any amount of fine. In choosing the figure it weighs the mitigating and aggravating circumstances and, above all, the wealth or means of the offender — so the same offence can carry different fines for different people.
Related provisions
- Article 60 — Exception To Articles 50–57.
- Article 78 — How A Penalty Is Executed.
On this text. This article is reproduced as the Revised Penal Code enacted it, verified word-for-word against two independent sources. Republic Act No. 10951 (2017) revised the penalty amounts in many other articles of this Code; where an amount appears below it is the figure this article itself carries.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.