Author: Nipun Khanna

68. Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine The imprisonment which is imposed in default of payment of a fine shall terminate whenever that fine is either paid or levied by process of law.

  67. Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only If the offence be punishable with fine only, 33[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, … Continue reading “67. Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only – Indian Penal Code, 1860”

66. Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine The imprisonment which the Court imposes in default of payment of a fine may be of any description to which the offender might have been sentenced for the offence.

  65. Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable The term for which the Court directs the offender to be imprisoned in default of payment of a fine shall not exceed one-fourth of the term of imprisonment which is the maximum fixed for the offence, if the offence be punishable … Continue reading “65. Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable -INDIAN PENAL CODE”

64. Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine 47[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 34[with imprisonment or fine, or] with fine only, in which the offender is … Continue reading “64. Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine – INDIAN PENAL CODE”

63. Amount of fine Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive.

[Titled Forfeiture of property in respect of offenders punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment repealed by the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1921]

[Titled Sentence of forfeiture of property repealed by the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1921]

  60. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it shall be competent to the court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall be wholly … Continue reading “60. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple – Indian Penal Code, 1860”

REPEALED [Titled Transportation instead of imprisonment repealed by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955, w.e.f. 1st. January, 1956]