IPC 67 — Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

If  the  offence  be  punishable  with  fine  only,
[the  imprisonment which the  Court imposes in default of payment of the fine  shall be  simple, and]  the term for which the Court directs the offender  to be  imprisoned, in  default of payment of fine, shall not exceed  the following  scale, that  is to  say, for  any term  not exceeding two  months when  the amount  of the  fine shall  not exceed fifty rupees,  and for  any term  not exceeding  four months  when the amount shall  not exceed  one hundred  rupees, and  for any  term  not exceeding six months in any other case.

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