Singapore legislation
Section 320
Section 320
Suspension of execution in certain cases
(1)
Where an offender has been sentenced to a fine only and to imprisonment in default of payment of the fine and the court issues an order of attachment under section 319(1)(b)(iii), it may suspend the sentence of imprisonment and may release the offender on the offender’s executing a bond with or without sureties, as the court thinks fit, on condition that the offender appear before that court on the day appointed for the return of the order of attachment.
(2)
The day appointed under subsection (1) must not be more than 15 days from the time of executing the bond.
(3)
If the fine has not been paid, the court may direct the sentence of imprisonment to be carried out at once.