Indian Penal Code, 1860
67.
Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only
If the offence be
punishable with fine only, 33[the imprisonment which the Court
imposes in default of payment of the fine shall be simple, and] the term for
which the Court directs the offender to be imprisoned, in default of payment of
fine, shall not exceed tile following scale, that is to say, for any term not
exceeding two months when the amount of the fine shall not exceed fifty rupees,
and for any term not exceeding four months when the amount shall not exceed one
hundred rupees, and for any term not exceeding six months in any other case.