page_title: Penalty fare
section_title: Czechia
hierarchical_section_title: Penalty fare / Situation by country / Czechia
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Most, okres Most. Rudolická, tramvajová zastávka „Most, nádraží“. Revizor a městští policisté s černým pasažérem. English: Most, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic. Rudolická street, tram stop "Most, nádraží". A ticket inspektor and municipal police officers with a "black passenger" (fare-dodger). Camera location50°&#160;30′&#160;32″&#160;N, 13°&#160;39′&#160;31.7″&#160;E&#160;&#160;&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: A penalty fare, standard fare, or fixed penalty notice is a special, usually higher, fare charged because the a passinger using public transportation did not comply with the normal ticket purchasing rules. It should not be confused with an unpaid fares notice.
  Typically penalty fares are incurred by passengers failing to purchase a ticket before travelling or by purchasing an incorrect ticket which does not cover their whole journey.
  Penalty fares are a civil debt, not a fine, and a person whose penalty fare is paid is not considered to have committed a criminal offence. Penalty fares are used to discourage casual fare evasion and disregard for the ticketing rules without resorting to the drastic and costly step of prosecution under the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 or other laws dealing with theft and fraud. More egregious fare avoiders can still be prosecuted and fined or imprisoned if convicted.
context_section_description: In the Czech Republic, a penalty limit (maximum penalty) is stated by legislation: parallelly by the Road Transport Act (§ 18a of 111/1994 Sb.) for buses and by Rail Transport Act (§ 37 of 266/1994 Sb.) for trains, trams, trolleybuses and cableways (including aerial lifts). However, the wording of both these acts is co-ordinated. Penalty amount needs to be determined by the specific operator of the transport line or transport system in his Contractual Transport Conditions. The penalty is of private-law nature. To be not confused with public sanctions, they are called "surcharge" in legislation. River transport doesn't fall under this legal regulation, but the contractual terms are set similarly if the ferry or river line is integrated with other public transport.
  Since 1 May 2013, the maximum penalty was heightened from 1000 Kč to 1500 Kč. Main operators of urban transport usually use the maximum penalty as the basic variant, although a bit belatedly. E.g. in the Prague Integrated Transport, the penalty was heightened from 1000 Kč to 1500 Kč since 1 January 2014, in the city of Ústí nad Labem since 1 January 2016, in the city of Hradec Králové since 1 January 2017 etc.
  Usually, operators offer a penalty reduction for passengers: 
  who pay the fine immediately during the inspection (usually about 30−60 percent reduction)
  who have forgotten their long-term ticket or pay card at home and subsequently prove that they have purchased the fare before the inspection (e.g. in Prague, such passengers pay only a symbolic penalty 50 Kč instead of full 1500 Kč).
  Since 23 October 2017, Prague announced a special 50 percent penalty discount for such fare dodgers who will additionally purchase an all-year network ticket, and the action continues for 2018 and in January 2019, this measure has become permanent. The price of the all-year network ticket is very favourable, 3650 Kč (= 10 Kč per day).
  Czech Railways (České dráhy) as the main operator of railway passenger transport have the maximum penalty set to 1000 Kč, but it is reduced to 400 Kč if it is paid immediately. However, if the passenger preannounces to the conductor that he does not have a ticket, only 40 Kč handling surcharge applies. That's why the full penalty is very rarely applied. If the passenger has boarded at a stop where the ticket office is not open, the ticket can be purchased by the conductor without any surcharge.
  If the penalty is not paid immediately, the passenger is required to produce valid identification documents. If such identification is not provided, the conductor is instructed to contact the police for assistance.
caption: A uniformed ticket inspector with municipal police officers and a fare-dodger in the city of Most
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