151
Criminal Procedure Code
prison, shall be applied towards the payment of
such fine, the surplus, if any, being returned to
him:
Provided that the money shall not be so applied
if the Court is satisfied that the money does not
belong to the person on whom it was found or
that the loss of the money will be more injurious
to him than his imprisonment;
(c)
the period for which the Court directs the offender to
be imprisoned in default of payment of fine shall not
exceed the following scale:
(i) if the offence is punishable with imprisonment:
Where the maximum
term of imprisonment—
The period shall
not exceed—
does not exceed six
months
the maximum
term of
imprisonment
exceeds six months
but does not exceed
one year
six months
exceeds one year but
does not exceed two
years
one year
exceeds two years
half of the
maximum term
of imprisonment;
(ii) if the offence is not punishable with imprisonment:
Where the fine—
The period shall
not exceed—
does not exceed five
hundred ringgit
one month
exceeding five hundred
ringgit but does not
exceed one thousand
ringgit
six months
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