Indian Penal Code
IPC 64 is now BNS 8(2).
Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine · BNS 8 brings it together with IPC 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70.
Merged
91% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. III
s. 64
Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
3[In every case of an offence punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine, whether with or without imprisonment, and in every case of an offence punishable 4[with imprisonment or fine, or] with fine only, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine.] it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct by the sentence that, in default of payment of the fine, the offender shall suffer imprisonment for a certain term, which imprisonment shall be in excess of any other imprisonment to which he may have been sentenced or to which he may be liable under a commutation of a sentence.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. II
s. 8(2)of section 8
Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.
(2) In every case of an offence---
(a) punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine, whether with or without imprisonment;
(b) punishable with imprisonment or fine, or with fine only, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine,
it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct by the sentence that, in default of payment of the fine, the offender shall suffer imprisonment for a certain term, in which imprisonment shall be in excess of any other imprisonment to which he may have been sentenced or to which he may be liable under a commutation of a sentence.
Text from India Code