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Sentencing Act 1995
61Sentence of imprisonment on default of payment of fine
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61 Sentence of imprisonment on default of payment of fine
Every term of imprisonment imposed on an offender in default of
payment of a fine or sum of money must, unless otherwise directed
by the court, be served:
(a) cumulatively on any incomplete sentence or sentences of
imprisonment imposed on the offender for the default of a
payment of a fine or sum of money; and
(b) concurrently with any incomplete sentence or sentences of
imprisonment imposed on the offender, whether the other
sentence was or the other sentences were imposed before or
at the same time as that term.