IPC Section 69 - Termination of imprisonmen t on payment of proportional part of fine

69. Termination of imprisonmen t on payment of proportional part of fine. If, before the

expiration of the term of imprisonment fixed in default of payment, such a proportion of the fine be paid

or levied that the term of imprisonment suffered in default of payment is not less than prop ortional to the

part of the fine still unpaid, the imprisonment shall terminate.

Illustration

A is sentenced to a fine of one hundred rupees and to four months' imprisonment in default of payment. Here, if seventy-five

rupees of the fine be paid or levied before the expiration of one month of the imprisonment, A will be discharged as soon as the

first month has expired. If seventy -five rupees be paid or levied at the time of the expiration of the first month, or at any later

time while A continues in imprisonment, A will be immediately discharged. If fifty rupees of the fine be paid or levied before the

expiration of two months of the imprisonment. A will be discharged as soon as the two months are completed. If fifty rupees b e

paid or levied at the time of the expiration of those two months, or at any later time while A continues in imprisonment, A will be

immediately discharged.