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Application of procedure for enforcing fines
Cap. 104, s. 55 · Revised Edition 2020
Where the court orders a person to pay an amount under section 54, that amount shall be treated as if it were a fine imposed upon him in respect of a conviction for an offence, and the Court shall–
(a) notwithstanding any other law, impose in default of the payment of that amount, a term of imprisonment–
(i) of one year, where the amount does not exceed one thousand dollars;
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(ii) of two years, where the amount exceeds one thousand dollars but does not exceed three thousand dollars; or
(iii) of three years, where the amount exceeds three thousand dollars;
(b) direct that the term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to paragraph
(a) be served consecutively to any form of imprisonment imposed on that person, which that person is then serving; or
(c) direct that the rules regarding the remission of sentences of prisoners serving a term of imprisonment or the rules regarding the release on parole shall not apply in relation to a term of imprisonment, imposed on a person pursuant to paragraph (a).
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