CrPC § 30 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 30 CrPC — Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 24 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 24 — Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
(1) The Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in default of payment of fine as is authorised by law:
Provided that the term—
(a) is not in excess of the powers of the Magistrate under section 23;
(b) shall not, where imprisonment has been awarded as part of the substantive sentence, exceed one-fourth of the term of imprisonment which the Magistrate is competent to inflict as punishment for the offence otherwise than as imprisonment in default of payment of the fine.
(2) The imprisonment awarded under this section may be in addition to a substantive sentence of imprisonment for the maximum term awardable by the Magistrate under section 23.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 24 in full