Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 64. Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine.
64. Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine.—[i][In every case, of an offence punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine, whether with or without imprisonment,
and in every case of an offence punishable [ii][with imprisonment or fine, or] with fine only, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine,]
it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct by the sentence that, in default of payment of the fine, the offender shall suffer imprisonment for a certain term, which imprisonment shall be in excess of any other imprisonment to which he may have been sentenced or to which he may be liable under a commutation of a sentence.
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[i] Substituted by Act 8 of 1882, S. 2, for “in every case in which an offender is sentenced to a fine”.
[ii] Inserted by Act 10 of 1886, S. 21(2).
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