BNS Section 8: Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc

IPC Sections 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70 are covered by BNS Section 8.

7 entries in the correspondence table: 7 changed.

1. BNS 8(1)IPC: 63Changed

   Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.

   IPC section is included as subsection in BNS with addition of words ‘liability in default of payment of fine, etc.’ in heading.

2. BNS 8(2)IPC: 64Changed

   Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine.

   IPC section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading.

3. BNS 8(3)IPC: 65Changed

   Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable.

   IPC section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading.

4. BNS 8(4)IPC: 66Changed

   Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine.

   The IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS, sans heading. “or in default of community service” is added..

5. BNS 8(5)IPC: 67Changed

   Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only.

   IPC section is included as sub-section in BNS, sans heading. Words “or in default of community service” are added. Imprisonment and fine are increased.

6. BNS 8(6)IPC: 68 & 69Changed

   Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine. Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine.

   Heading is dropped as two sections of IPC are merged in this one sub-section of BNS.

7. BNS 8(7)IPC: 70Changed

   Fine leviable within six years, or during imprisonment. Death not to discharge property from liability.

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS, sans heading.

Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.