Аннотация:Administrative fine as the form of punishment is widely used in the activity of courts. At the same time the author pays attention on the fact that the existing system of the penalty administrative fine assigned acts not really effectively. The author in detail analyzes the new composition of the administrative offense, which was added to the article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (here and after - the Code) by Federal Law dated December the 8-th, the year 2003, № of 161-FZ, for purposes of the correction of the situation indicated. The essence of changes consists in the fact that the nonpayment of administrative fine in time, provided by present law, draws the imposition of the administrative fine of double size of the sum of the unpaid administrative fine or administrative arrest on the period up to fifteen days. The author gives statistical data, surveys of judicial practice, and positions of scholars in this sphere. In this case the author considers that if the person, drawn to the administrative responsibilities, rejects to liquidate the superimposed fine even during his bringing to the administrative responsibilities, the subsequent application of the named provision would be ineffective. The author assumes as necessary the enclosure of other measures for action on the person, to whom administrative fine is superimposed and considers expedient the introduction of the corresponding changes in the Code.