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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[Titled Forfeiture of property in respect of offenders punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment repealed by the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1921]
[Titled Sentence of forfeiture of property repealed by the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1921]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REPEALED [Titled Transportation instead of imprisonment repealed by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955, w.e.f. 1st.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]
[Titled Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported repealed by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955, w.e.f. 1st. January, 1956]
57. Fractions of terms of punishment In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 44[imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to 44[imprisonment] for twenty years.
REPEALED [Titled Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude, proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life repealed by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act, 1949, w.e.f. 6th. April, 1949]
[55A. Definition of “appropriate Government” In sections 54 and 55 the expression “appropriate Government” means,- (a) in cases where the sentence is a sentence of death or is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends, the Central Government; and (b) in cases where … Continue reading “55A. Definition of “appropriate Government” – Indian Penal Code, 1860″