Legislation
SECTION 11
Fines must be reasonable and imposed only for cause
Civil Rights (CVR) CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 2
§ 11. Fines must be reasonable and imposed only for cause. No citizen
of this state ought to be fined or amerced without reasonable cause, and
such fine or amercement should always be proportioned to the nature of
the offense.
of this state ought to be fined or amerced without reasonable cause, and
such fine or amercement should always be proportioned to the nature of
the offense.