Punishment Of Imprisonment For Non-payment Of Fine

IPC SECTION 64-INDIAN PENAL CODE-SENTENCE FOR NON-PAYMENT OF THE FINE

In every case, if the offence is punishable the offender is imprisoned as well with the fine. The offender is fine whether with the imprisonment or not. In cases where the offender is punishable of the imprisonment or fine or with only fine it is competent to the court, which sentences such offender to command by the sentence that, in failure of payment of the fine, the offender shall suffer imprisonment for a particular term, which imprisonment shall be in balance of any other imprisonment to which he may have been sentenced or to which he may be liable under a commutation of a sentence.

Explanation

Through this section, we can understand what are the provisions for imprisonment for default of the payment of the fine. This section is applied where the offence is punishable for imprisonment and also to the offences which have the punishment that is fine. This section also implies to the punishments which include fine and imprisonment.