The phrase "charged a fine" is both correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that someone has been made to pay a penalty for a wrongdoing. For example, "The judge charged the defendant a fine of $500 for driving without a license."
Failure to do so will result in the student being charged a fine of $100.
Students who fail to submit a preliminary schedule by the deadline will be charged a fine of $50.
Groups and/or individuals found in violation of the Willard Straight Hall Alcohol Policy may be charged a fine of up to $200.00.
People who fail to obtain insurance would still be charged a fine, but they would be allowed to use that money as a "down payment" on a health plan if they wished.
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.
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.
Some libraries charge a fine for overdue items.
The library charges a fine for every calendar day an item is overdue.
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].
Late last year, he was charged a hefty fine by a Stuttgart court because a number of falsified driving licenses were found in his apartment in a police raid.
In July, New York Attorney General's office charged a $300,000 fine to Lifestyle Lift, a New York plastic surgery outfit, for asking its employees to pretend they were satisfied customers and write glowing reviews online.
