Section 67 · Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only
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If the
offence be punishable with fine only, 1
[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.
In the new law
IPC 67BNS 8(5)
8(5)
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How this section has changed
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- 1882Inserted
By: Act 8 of 1882
The text in force on the date of the offence is the text that applies — a later amendment does not reach back.