PART VI—PUNISHMENTS

Different Kinds of Punishment

Section 297 Rules Relating to Fines.
(1) Where a person is convicted of any felony or misdemeanour or any offence punishable by i (other than an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law) the Court may, in its discretion, sente fine in addition to or in lieu of any other punishment to which he is liable.
(2) Where the amount of the fine which a person may be sentenced to pay upon conviction is n limited, the amount of fine shall, subject to any limitations on the powers of the Court, be in the disc Court, but shall not be excessive.
(3) Where a person convicted of any offence is sentenced to pay a fine the Court may direct that if he it within the time appointed for payment (which may be either forthwith or within a specified time, a thinks fit) he shall suffer imprisonment until it is paid. Such imprisonment shall be in addition to any i to which is sentenced for his offence; and, in the case of a felony or misdemeanour, shall not amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (23)]
(4) In any case where a fine has been imposed, either by a Court exercising summary jurisdiction or indictment, if, before the expiration of the term of imprisonment fixed in default of payment, such a p the fine be paid or levied that the term of imprisonment suffered in default of payment is not less than to the part of the fine still unpaid, the imprisonment shall terminate.