Section 81: Imprisonment in lieu of costs

DISTRICT AND INTERMEDIATE COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION) ACT, No · PART III: SUMMARY JURISDICTION

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81. Imprisonment in lieu of costs The imprisonment in default of payment of costs under any sentence shall be reckoned from the expiry of the imprisonment or penal servitude, or of the imprisonment in default of the payment of the fine, as the case may be.

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If I'm jailed for not paying costs, does that start after my other prison sentence ends?