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IPC Section 67 - Imprisonment for non -payment of fine, when offe nce punishable with fine only
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IPC Section 67 deals with imprisonment for non -payment of fine, when offe nce punishable with fine only.
Full official legal text
67. Imprisonment for non -payment of fine, when offe nce punishable with fine only. If the
offence be punishable with fine only, 1[the imprisonment which the Court imposes in default of payment
of the fine shall be simple, and] the term for which the Court directs the offender to be imprisoned, in
default of payment of fine, shall not exceed the following scale, that is to say, for any term not exceeding
two months when the amount of the fine shall not exceed fifty rupees, and for any term not exceeding
four months when the amount shall not exceed one hundred rupees, and for any term not exceeding six
months in any other case.
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