IPC Section 64 : Sentence Of Imprisonment For Non-Payment Of Fine
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IPC Section 64 : Sentence Of Imprisonment For Non-Payment Of Fine
3 [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 4 [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.
Amendment
3.Subs. by Act 8 of 1882, s. 2, for “In every case in which an offender is sentenced to a fine”.
4.Ins. by Act 10 of 1886, s. 21 (2).
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