(1)Where 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.
Section history
Section 320 — Suspension of execution in certain cases
As in force on 8 February 2024.
Timeline 3 versions
- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 8 February 2024 You are here
- 17 August 2026 Latest
(2)The day appointed under subsection (1) must not be more than 15 days from the time of executing the bond.
(3)If the fine has not been paid, the court may direct the sentence of imprisonment to be carried out at once.