Slovenia will refund thousands of Slovenians’ COVID violation fines and clear their police records, several reports noted.
The country’s Ministry of Justice previously proposed the “draft Act on the regulation of certain issues related to offences committed during the period of the COVID-19 measures,” according to a government statement. “The aim is to ensure that fines, costs of proceedings, enforcement proceedings and deprivation of property benefits are paid as automatically as possible and with the least possible burden on the beneficiaries,” according to the statement.
The country’s National Assembly passed the new bill Sept. 20, The Slovenia Times reported. It renders unconstitutional the COVID-era legislation that enabled the launch of more than 62,000 infraction proceedings and the issuance of fines cumulatively worth €5.7 million (about $6.3 million) from…
