IPC 64 — Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

[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   [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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