Indian Penal Code,1860

Act No : 45

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Section : Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine.

69. Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional partof fine.--If, before the expiration of the term of imprisonment fixedin default of payment, such a proportion of the fine be paid or leviedthat the term of imprisonment suffered in default of payment is notless than proportional to the part of the fine still unpaid, theimprisonment shall terminate. Illustration A is sentenced to a fine of one hundred rupees and to fourmonths' imprisonment in default of payment. Here, if seventy-fiverupees of the fine be paid or levied before the expiration of onemonth of the imprisonment. A will be discharged as soon as the firstmonth has expired. If seventy-five rupees be paid or levied at thetime of the expiration of the first month, or at any later time whileA continues in imprisonment. A will be immediately discharged. Iffifty rupees of the fine be paid or levied before the expiration oftwo months of the imprisonment. A will be discharged as soon as thetwo months are completed. If fifty rupees be paid or levied at thetime of the expiration of those two months, or at any later time whileA continues in imprisonment, A will be immediately discharged.

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