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CHAPTER III OF PUNISHMENTS

Section 67: Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

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.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 8 of 1882, s. 3.

Now in the BNS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

67. Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only.BNS 8(5)

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  1. 1. A is convicted of an offence punishable with fine only and is sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 8,000. The Court wishes to direct imprisonment in default of payment. Under Section 8(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what is the maximum imprisonment the Court can direct?

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