Singapore legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Application of procedure for enforcing fines
(1)
Subject to subsection (4), where a court orders the defendant to pay any amount under section 4 , section 224 of the Criminal Procedure Code shall have effect as if —
that amount were a fine imposed on him by the court; and
the term for which the court directs the defendant to be imprisoned in default of payment of any amount under section 4 shall be as follows:
if the amount does not exceed $20,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years;
if the amount exceeds $20,000 but does not exceed $50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years;
if the amount exceeds $50,000 but does not exceed $100,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years; and
if the amount exceeds $100,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.
(2)
Where —
a warrant to commit the defendant to prison is issued for a default in payment of an amount ordered to be paid under section 4 in respect of an offence or offences; and
at the time the warrant is issued, the defendant is liable to serve any term of imprisonment in respect of the offence or offences,the term of imprisonment to be served in default of payment of the amount shall not begin to run until after the term mentioned in paragraph (b).
(3)
A District Court may, notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, impose the maximum term of imprisonment on the defendant in default of the payment of any amount ordered to be paid under section 4 .
(4)
Where a defendant is convicted of a drug trafficking offence and sentenced to death, any amount which the court orders the defendant to pay under section 4 may, on an application by the Public Prosecutor to the High Court, be realised by the High Court exercising the powers conferred by section 15(3) to (7).
(5)
Where a defendant is convicted of a drug trafficking offence , any amount which the court orders the defendant to pay under section 4 and which, in the case of realisable property comprising wholly or partly cash, may be realised by the High Court making a garnishee order subject to Rules of Court.