Abolition of imprisonment for debt with certain exceptions

(1) No person shall be arrested or imprisoned for making default in payment of a sum of money, except in the following cases, (a) default in payment of a penalty or sum in the nature of a penalty, other than a penalty in respect of any contract; (b) default in payment of any sum recoverable before a court within the meaning of the Inferior Courts Act, Cap. 94; (c) default by a trustee or person acting in a fiduciary capacity and ordered to pay by a court of equity any sum in his possession or under his control; (d) default by attorney of the Supreme Court, in payment of costs when ordered to pay costs for misconduct as such, or in payment of a sum of money when ordered to pay the same in his character of an officer of the court; (e) default in payment of sums in respect of the payment of which orders are in this Act authorised to be made. 5 (2) No person shall be imprisoned in any case mentioned in sub-section (1) (a) to (e) of this section for a longer period than one year. (3) Nothing in this section shall alter the effect of any judgment or order of any court for payment of money except as regards the arrest and imprisonment of the person making default in paying such money.