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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
sec.183Imprisonment unless penalty paid
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### sec.183 Imprisonment unless penalty paid
If—
an Act under which a penalty is ordered to be paid does not provide, or a court that orders an offender to pay a penalty does not make an order, for default in payment of the penalty; and
an offender ordered to pay the penalty does not pay the penalty;
the offender may be imprisoned for a period prescribed by section 185 .
s 183 amd 1993 No. 36 s 2 sch 1 ; 1994 No. 6 s 5
- (a) an Act under which a penalty is ordered to be paid does not provide, or a court that orders an offender to pay a penalty does not make an order, for default in payment of the penalty; and
- (b) an offender ordered to pay the penalty does not pay the penalty;