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SECTION I
Answer in not more than two sentences, all 10 20 Marks
1.What is imprisonment in lieu of fine?[2]
Answer
A fine would be worth nothing if an offender could simply refuse to pay. The Code therefore allows the court, when it passes a sentence of fine, to direct that the offender suffer imprisonment in default of payment. This is imprisonment in lieu of fine. The provisions are sections 64 to 70 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, now section 8 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Two limits are important.
Take first an offence punishable with imprisonment as well as fine. The default term must not exceed one fourth of the maximum term fixed for that offence. That is section 65, now section 8(3).
Where the offence is punishable with fine only, the default imprisonment must be simple. Section 67 fixed a scale by the amount of the fine, and the Sanhita has raised the money limits sharply. Section 8(5) now allows up to two months where the fine does not exceed Rs 5,000. It allows up to four months where the fine does not exceed Rs 10,000, and up to one year in any other case.
The imprisonment ends as soon as the fine is paid or levied. If part of the fine is paid, the term is cut down in proportion.
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