Section 26, Local Courts Act, 1963

(1) A Local Court may order that any fine which it may impose shall be paid at such times and by such instalments as it may think just and in default of the payment of any fine (or instalment thereof) the Court may order the convicted person to be committed to prison for a period not exceeding the period specified in the following scale— | Fine | Period of imprisonment | |---|---| | Not Exceeding ten shillings .. .. | Seven Days | | Exceeding ten shillings, not exceeding one pound; .. .. .. .. | Fourteen days. | | Exceeding one pound, not exceeding two pounds .. .. .. .. | One Month. | | Exceeding two pounds, not exceeding five pounds .. .. .. .. | Two months | | Exceeding five pounds, not exceeding ten pounds .. .. .. .. | Three months. | | Exceeding ten pounds .. .. .. | Six months. | (2) In any case where a person has been committed to prison by a Local Court for non-payment of a fine and such person thereafter pays the whole or part of the fine his imprisonment shall be reduced by the number of days bearing as nearly as possible the same proportion to the total number of days for which such person was committed as the sum paid bears to the amount of the fine. No. 20 Local Courts 1963 A 153 [Margin: Execution of civil judgment.]