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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