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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="7-501" title_number="7" title_name="Costs, Fines, and Forfeitures" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Fines and Forfeitures">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Costs” means the cost of prosecuting a person for a crime.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Crime” means any act or omission for which a statute or ordinance imposes a fine or imprisonment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Crime” does not include a municipal infraction under Title 6 of the Local Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Fine” means the monetary penalty prescribed by a statute or ordinance for a crime.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Fine” does not include costs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
