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The subject of this publication is an analysis of the issues related to the creation and use of the mandatory administrative fines (monetary penalties). The paper begins with an explanation of the interdisciplinary nature of administrative penalties and the types thereof (with a particular focus on mandatory administrative penalties). Next, it presents an adequacy of mandatory administrative penalty in relation to the administrative tort. The article is also an attempt to answer the question whether the responsibility for the mandatory administrative penalties is an absolute one or it is a type of strict liability.