Of Punishments
IPC Section 65 - Limit to imprisonment for non -payment of fine, when im prisonment and fine awardable
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 65 deals with limit to imprisonment for non -payment of fine, when im prisonment and fine awardable.
Full official legal text
65. Limit to imprisonment for non -payment of fine, when im prisonment 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.
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