Indian Penal Code
IPC 67 is now BNS 8(5).
Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only · BNS 8 brings it together with IPC 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69 and 70.
Merged
64% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. III
s. 67
Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only
If the offence be punishable with fine only, 1[the imprisonment which the Court imposes in default of payment of the fine shall be simple, and] the term for which the Court directs the offender to be imprisoned, in default of payment of fine, shall not exceed the following scale, that is to say, for any term not exceeding two months when the amount of the fine shall not exceed fifty rupees, and for any term not exceeding four months when the amount shall not exceed one hundred rupees, and for any term not exceeding six months in any other case.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. II
s. 8(5)of section 8
Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.
(5) If the offence is punishable with fine or community service, the imprisonment which the Court imposes in default of payment of the fine or in default of community service shall be simple, and the term for which the Court directs the offender to be imprisoned, in default of payment of fine or in default of community service, shall not exceed,---
(a) two months when the amount of the fine does not exceed five thousand rupees;
(b) four months when the amount of the fine does not exceed ten thousand rupees; and
(c) one year in any other case.
Text from India Code