Is Non-Payment Of Fine A Punishable Offence Or Not

SECTION 66, IPC-INDIAN PENAL CODE - DESCRIPTION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR NON-PAYMENT OF FINE

The imprisonment which the Court commands in the failure of payment of a fine may be of any classification to which the offender might have been sentenced for the offence.

71 [66 Computer related offences. - If any person dishonestly or fraudulently commits any act referred to in section 43, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees, or with both. Explanation. —For the purposes of this section:-

(a) the word "dishonest" has the meaning assigned to it in section 24 of the IPC (45 of 1860);

(b) the word "cheating" has the meaning assigned to it in section 25 of the IPC (45 of 1860).]