Section 65
Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable.
About this Act
It is expedient to provide a general Penal Code forindia;
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, if the
offence be punishable with imprisonment as well as fine.