IPC Section 69 — Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine

Summary

If a person is imprisoned because they could not pay a fine, and before that prison term ends, enough of the fine is paid or collected so that the time already served in prison is at least equal to the portion of the fine that remains unpaid, then the imprisonment must stop.

Official Text

If, before the expiration of the term of imprisonment fixed in default of payment, such a proportion of the fine be paid or levied that the term of imprisonment suffered in default of payment is not less than proportional to the part of the fine still unpaid, the imprisonment shall terminate.

Referred to by

• CrPC §250 — Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause

Old <-> New Code Mapping

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