Indian Penal Code, 1860
64. Sentence
of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
47 [In every case, of an offence punishable with imprisonment
as well as fine, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine, whether with or
without imprisonment, and in every case of an offence punishable 34[with
imprisonment or fine, or] with fine only, in which the offender is sentenced to
a fine,]
it
shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct by the
sentence that, in default of payment of the fine, the offender shall suffer
imprisonment for a certain term, which imprisonment shall be in excess of any
other imprisonment to which he may have been sentenced or to which he may be
liable under a commutation of a sentence.