IPC Section 65 — Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable

Summary

If an offence is punishable by both imprisonment and a fine, and the court orders imprisonment because the fine is not paid, that additional imprisonment cannot be longer than one-fourth of the maximum prison term set for that offence.

Official Text

The term for which the Court directs the offender to be imprisoned in default of payment of a fine shall not exceed one-fourth of the term of imprisonment which is the maximum fixed for the offence, if the offence be punishable with imprisonment as well as fine.

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §8 — Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc