Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 29

29. (1) Any person sentenced to the payment of a fine (ammenda or multa ) and who is granted the benefit of time by order of the court according to the pr ovisions of article 14(2), and who does not pay such fine in accord ance with the conditions laid d own in the same order, shall be liable to be arrested and brought b efore the court; and the court, upon as certaining the identity of the person sentenced and that payment ha s not been paid according to the conditions of the order, shall commit such person to undergo th e detention or imprisonment prescribed in substitution for the fi ne (ammenda or multa ), or in substitution of the balance of the fine (ammenda or multa ) still unpaid, as the case may be. The arrest shall take place upon a warran t to be issued by the court. (2) The aforesaid warrant shall b e issued within four days from the date of any breach of the co nditions laid down by the court in its order or from the date of the expiration of the period pres cribed for payment under article 14: Provided that no plea in favour of the person sentenced shall be admissible by reason of the fact that the issue of suc h warrant was, for any reason whats oever, delayed beyond the said period of four days. CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 29 (3) The court may, on the application of the Police and on reasonable cause being shown, upon hearing the person sentenced , determine the period prescribed u nder article 14 at any time du ring the course of such period and commit the person sentenced to undergo the punishment prescribed in substitution for the fine (ammenda or multa ). (4) A person sentenced may at an y time obtain his release from the substituted punishment by paying the fine ( ammenda or multa ) with the deduction of such amount thereof as corresponds to the portion of the punishment undergone at the rates laid down in articles 11 and 13 respectively, a nd also at similar rates may obtain his release from any unexpired period of detention or imprisonm ent awarded to him under the provisions of sub-article (1). Disqualification s in case of convictions. Added by: XXIV .1938.2. Substituted by: V .1956.6. Amended by: III.2002.16. XXVIII.2021.2.