With respect to the litigation, we are aware of some thirty cases related to the application of the surcharge. The provision, or the proposed amendment, only deals with the aspect of payment within a reasonable time.
The cases before the courts deal with not only this issue but also the offender's ability to pay this surcharge. In terms of the time to pay, we proposed the amendment to make it clear to the courts that a payment cannot be extended over dozens or hundreds of years, as was ruled by a number of courts.