section 64 indian penal code

INDIAN PENAL CODE

Section 64: Sentence Of Imprisonment For Non-Payment Of Fine

64: Sentence Of Imprisonment For Non-Payment Of Fine::--In every case¹, 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 with imprisonment or fine², 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, in 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.

 1. Subs. by Act 8 of 1882, sec. 2, for “In every case in which an offender is sentenced to a fine”.

2. Ins. by Act 10 of 1886, sec. 21(2).