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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 185
Scale of imprisonment for non-payment of penalty
185 Scale of imprisonment for non-payment of penalty
(1) If— (a) an offender is ordered to pay a penalty; and
(b) the court may
order imprisonment of the offender or execution against the property of the
offender if the penalty is not paid; and
(c) either of the following
subparagraphs applies— (i) the penalty is not paid;
(ii) execution to
recover the amount of the penalty is to be against property of the offender
and execution does not satisfy the amount;
the court may order the offender to
be imprisoned for a term calculated under subsection (2) (a) .
(2) The term
of imprisonment— (a) must be— (i) such as, in the court’s opinion, will
satisfy the justice of the case; but
(ii) not more than 14 days imprisonment
for each penalty unit, or part of a penalty unit, that the offender was
ordered to pay; and
(b) must be served cumulatively with any term of
imprisonment the offender is serving, or has been sentenced to serve, unless
the court otherwise orders.
(3) This section has effect— (a) subject to the
provisions of the Act under which the penalty is ordered to be paid; and
(b)
despite section 152 whether or not a conviction is recorded.
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