Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 24
Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
In one line
BNSS Section 24 deals with sentence of imprisonment in default of fine and replaces CrPC 30.
Bare act text — BNSS 24
24. Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine.
(1) The Court of a Magistrate may award such term of imprisonment in default of payment of fine as is authorised by law: Provided that the term--- (a) is not in excess of the powers of the Magistrate under section 23; (b) shall not, where imprisonment has been awarded as part of the substantive sentence, exceed one-fourth of the term of imprisonment which the Magistrate is competent to inflict as punishment for the offence otherwise than as imprisonment in default of payment of the fine.
(2) The imprisonment awarded under this section may be in addition to a substantive sentence of imprisonment for the maximum term awardable by the Magistrate under section 23.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 24 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 24 (Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine) replaces Section 30 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 30 is now BNSS 24.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 19 — Assistant Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 20 — Directorate of Prosecution
- BNSS 21 — Courts by which offences are triable
- BNSS 22 — Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
- BNSS 23 — Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- BNSS 25 — Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- BNSS 26 — Mode of conferring powers
- BNSS 27 — Powers of officers appointed
- BNSS 28 — Withdrawal of powers
- BNSS 29 — Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office