49. 马尔代夫政府指出，来文方想当然地认为法官本应将《刑法》规定的基准刑 4 个月零 24 天监禁转换成《刑法》第 1004 和第 1005 条规定的罚款，这是对法律的错误解读。正如《刑法》第 1004 条特定措辞本身所明确显示的那样，《刑法》第 1002 条所载量刑指南表规定的监禁期限的转换问题应由法官裁量决定。
49. The Government notes that the assumption by the source that the judge should have converted the baseline sentence of 4 months’ and 24 days’ imprisonment under the Penal Code into a fine under sections 1004 and 1005 of the Penal Code is a misinterpretation of the law. The conversion of the incarceration term provided in the guideline sentence table in section 1002 of the Code is at the discretion of the judge, as is inherently evident from the specific language of section 1004 of the Code.