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Criminal Procedure Code · s 12

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s 12

(1)

A Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in default of payment of fine as is authorised by section 254:

Provided that the term is not in excess of the Magistrate's powers under this Code.

(2)

The imprisonment awarded under this section may be in a addition to a substantive sentence of imprisonment for the maximum term awardable by the Magistrate under section 1 1.

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