Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XXV
253. Provisions as to sentences of fine
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever an offender has been sentenced to pay a fine, the
fine
"fine" includes any fine, pecuniary penalty or forfeiture or compensation adjudged upon any conviction of any crime or offence or for the breach of any written law for the time being in force by any Court in Brunei Darussalam;
Court passing the sentence may, in its discretion, make both or either of the following orders -
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;
issue a warrant for the levy of the amount by distress and sale of any property belonging to the offender.
A warrant for the levy of a fine may be executed at any place in Brunei Darussalam.
Terms defined in s 2
fine
Defined · s 2"fine" includes any fine, pecuniary penalty or forfeiture or compensation adjudged upon any conviction of any crime or offence or for the breach of any written law for the time being in force by any Court in Brunei Darussalam;
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