determine whether the defendant is financially able to pay.
(2) If the issuing authority, senior judge or senior
magisterial district judge determines that the defendant is
financially able to pay the costs, restitution or fine, the
issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial
district judge may enter an order for wage attachment, turn
the delinquent account over to a private collection agency or
impose imprisonment for nonpayment, as provided by law.
(3) If the issuing authority, senior judge or senior
magisterial district judge determines that the defendant is
without the financial means to pay the costs, restitution or
fine immediately or in a single remittance without causing
manifest hardship to the defendant as defined in paragraph
(5), the issuing authority, senior judge or senior
magisterial district judge [may] shall provide for payment in
installments. In determining the appropriate installments,
the issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial
district judge shall [consider the defendant's financial
resources, the defendant's ability to make restitution and
reparations and the nature of the burden the payment will
impose on the defendant] assign an installment payment for
the costs, restitution or fine that complies with the
requirements under section 9758(b) (relating to fine). If the
defendant is in default of a payment or advises the issuing
authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge
that default is imminent, the issuing authority, senior judge
or senior magisterial district judge may schedule a rehearing
on the payment schedule. At the rehearing the defendant has
the burden of proving [changes of financial condition such
that the defendant is without the means to meet the payment
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