Incidental provisions as to fines and forfeited recognisances

(1) Where an order is made under section 165 allowing time for the payment of the amount of the fine or the amount due under the recognisance, or directing payment of the said amount by instalments, the officer responsible for the recovery of the fine or the amount due under the recognisance shall not exercise his powers until there is a default in complying with the order. (2) Where any such order as aforesaid is made directing payment by instalments of a fine or the amount due under a recognisance, and default is made in the payment of any one instalment, the same proceedings may be taken as if default had been made in payment of all the instalments then remaining unpaid. (3) Where any such order as aforesaid is made fixing a term of imprisonment in default of payment of a fine or the amount due under a recognisance, then100 (a) on payment of the fine or the said amount to the officer responsible for the recovery thereof or, if the person in respect of whom the order was made is in prison, to the keeper of the prison, the order shall cease to have effect and, if the said person is in prison and is not liable to be detained for any other cause, he shall forthwith be discharged; (b) on payment to the said officer or to the keeper of the prison of a part of the fine or of the amount due under the recognisance, the total number of days in the term of imprisonment shall be reduced proportionately, that is to say, by such number of days as bears to the said total number of days less one day the proportion most nearly approximating to, without exceeding, the proportion which the part paid bears to the amount of the fine or the amount due under the recognisance. (4) Any sums received by the keeper of the prison under sub- section (3) shall be paid by him to the officer responsible for the recovery of sums due in respect of the fine or the recognisance.