Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
XXXII · Section 431

Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

Any money (other than a fine) payable by virtue of any order made under this Code, and the method of recovery of which is not otherwise expressly provided for, shall be recoverable as if it were a fine:

Provided that section 421 shall, in its application to an order under section 359, by virtue of this section, be construed as if in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 421, after the words and figures “under section 357”, the words and figures “or an order for payment of costs under section 359” had been inserted.

E.—Suspension, remission and commutation of sentences

Judgments on Section 431