62. [Forfeiture of property, in respect of offenders punishable
with death, transportation or imprisonment.] Rep., by s. 4 ibid.
63.
Amount of fine.
63. Amount of fine.--Where no sum is expressed to which a fine
may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is
unlimited, but shall not be excessive.
64.
Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine.
64. Sentence
of imprisonment for non-payment of fine.--1*[In
every case of an offence punishable with imprisonment as well as fine,
in which the offender is sentenced to a fine, whether with or without
imprisonment,
and
in
every
case
of an
imprisonment or fine, or] with fine
sentenced to a fine.]
offence
only, in
punishable
2*[with
which the offender is
it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender
to direct by the sentence that, in default of payment of the fine, the
offender shall
suffer imprisonment
for a certain term, which
imprisonment shall be in excess of any other imprisonment to which he
may have been sentenced or to which he may be liable under a
commutation of a sentence.
65.
Limit to imprisonment for
fine awardable.
non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and
65. Limit
to imprisonment
for non-payment of fine, when
imprisonment and fine awardable.--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.
66.