prisoner is confined. Such notices shall always be sent under a
registered cover.
Payment of fine at the prison.
Rule47(i) Fine can be tendered at the prison with the
written permission of the Superintendent. The Deputy
Superintendent will receive the fine or a portion thereof, issue a
receipt to the person who paid it and shall on the first opportunity
produce the warrant with an entry of the fact that such payment has
been made, and credit given in the sentence, for the signature of
the Superintendent.
(ii) Fines received at the prison shall, without delay be
remitted into the local treasury through the [District Officer
(Revenue)], All fines tendered at prison shall be received
irrespective of the fact whether the prisoner is due for release or
not provided he is confined in that prison.
Action if no sentence has been awarded in lieu of fine.
Rule48. If a prisoner sentenced to a fine in addition to a
substantive sentence and the order of the Court does not mention
any imprisonment in lieu of fine, the prisoner will be released on
the expiry of his substantive sentence and the [Sessions Judge]
informed of the fact.
Imprisonment in lieu of fine to run after the expiry of all the
substantive sentences.
Rule49. If a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment in default
of payment of fine is, either at the same time or subsequently,
sentenced to a term of imprisonment without the option of fine, the
imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall be kept in
abeyance till the expiry of all the substantive sentence of
imprisonment.
Example.-A prisoner is sentenced on the 9th June, 2005, to
two years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 100 or in default
six months further rigorous imprisonment. On the 9th of July of the
same year he is sentenced on another charge to rigorous
imprisonment for eighteen months and on the 15th of October,
2005, he is again sentenced on a third charge to rigorous
imprisonment for two years. The sentence of six months
imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall begin from the 9th
December, 2010, (the date on which all the substantive sentences
expire being the 8th December).
Note.-This covers the case of a prisoner whose first sentence of
imprisonment is in default of payment of fine. Any substantive
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