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Section 64 Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860

Section 64 Indian Penal Code

Section 64 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine. It is under CHAPTER III (OF PUNISHMENTS) of the Code.

Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine

[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 2 [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.

See also  Section 229 Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860

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