"fixed penalty notice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fixed penalty notices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fixed penalty notice (plural fixed penalty notices)
  1. (UK, Hong Kong) A notice served on an offender by an authorised person, which is usually for committing a minor offence. It requires the offender to pay a fixed fine within a certain period of time, or appeal against it, possibly in court. Tags: Hong-Kong, UK Synonyms: FPN [initialism]
    Sense id: en-fixed_penalty_notice-en-noun-iFcGDSZ9 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Hong Kong English

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