The phrase "charge a fine" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to impose a monetary penalty or fee for breaking a rule or law. Example: The library will charge a fine for books that are returned after the due date.
Bernard B. Kerik continues to face federal corruption charges, a fine mess for a former police commissioner and nominee (for something like an hour and a half) for homeland security secretary.
If every car that drives above 60 mph is charged a fine, and there were an efficient way of collecting congestion taxes, that revenue alone could be enough to finance the $136 billion that the nation's governors need for infrastructure projects related to roads, bridges and railway.
While some suggest that charging a fine may punish certain types of patients – especially fragile and low-resource patients, a recent survey among general practitioners in the UK revealed that two thirds believed that non-attendees should be fined [ 1, 2, 5, 9].
The health workers we interviewed confirmed that this had been announced, but that it was only a threat, and not something that was actually carried out: Last year there was a clinical officer who used to tell women that if they give birth at home they will be charged a fine, and that they should come to give birth at the dispensary because it is free of charge.
If you are copying a disk with information downloaded from the internet, or from a friend's disk, you could be charged a fine for copyright information.
Build a shelter box in your garden to attract some onto your property, but make sure the shelter box has no nails or safety hazards; some types of owls are endangered, and you might attract other types of owls than barn owls (if they are hurt, you could be charged a fine and you will be needing to pay the vet bill for the owl) Try placing a "peppermint ball" under or near your trash can.
The stunting charge carries a fine of up to $10,000.
Conviction on the charge carries a fine of up to $1,000.
He began his charge after a fine approach to 10 feet at the first, holed a 40-foot downhill putt at the second and pitched to within three feet at the third.
