(3) 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, ifthe offence be punishable with imprisonment as well as fine.
IPC Section 65 in BNS: Section 8(3)
Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable
Section 65 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable) corresponds to Section 8(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Text of BNS Section 8(3)
Full BNS Section 8 and every IPC section it replaced →
Other IPC sections now in BNS 8
- IPC 63: Amount of fine → BNS 8
- IPC 64: Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine → BNS 8(2)
- IPC 66: Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine → BNS 8(4)
- IPC 67: Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only → BNS 8(5)
- IPC 68: Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine → BNS 8(6)
- IPC 69: Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine → BNS 8(6)
- IPC 70: Fine leviable within six years, of during imprisonment. Death not to discharge property from → BNS 8(7)
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