Actuality on finding appropriate criminal sanctions has never lost significance. The practical actions of the legislator and theoretical considerations were related to criminal sanctions and special punitive measures. It is often stated in the literature that sanctions are specific in that they are aimed at protecting the general interests of a particular community. In the system of penalties for property fines belong to the group of the earliest known ones, they were accepted for the undoubted repressive and educational influence. The ways of their prescribing, measuring and pronouncing, as well as other relevant issues are the topics of this paper.