(1) If a prisoner be sentenced to imprisonment of which the whole or any portion is in default of the payment of any fine, and if the fine be not immediately paid, the date of release shall be fixed and entered in the Release Diaries on such dates as shall correspond to the date of release,–
(a) if the fine is subsequently paid; and
(b) if fine is not paid.
(2) When any portion of the fine is paid, the date of release shall be altered accordingly.
Illustration: If a prisoner be sentenced on the 1 st January to six months imprisonment and to the fine of Rs.300/- and if he ordered that if the fine be not paid he be imprisoned for a further period of six months, then supposing that the prisoner, immediately on conviction, pays Rs.100/-, the date of release shall be fixed at 31st October (viz, six months plus four months the equivalent of the fine unpaid), and entries shall be made in the Release Diary on the 30th June and 31st October, if he afterwards pays another Rs.100/-, the latter date will be changed to 31st August and on his paying the whole, the fact shall be noted opposite the entry on the 30th June.
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