Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 16 · Sentences
320. Suspension of execution in certain cases
Feedback & supportWhere 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.
fine
“fine” means any fine or financial penalty imposed by any court upon any conviction of any offence;
The day appointed under subsection (1) must not be more than 15 days from the time of executing the bond.
If the fine has not been paid, the court may direct the sentence of imprisonment to be carried out at once.
court
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;