Malaysia legislation
Section 122
of *SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) ACT 1997
Section 122
(a)
in every case of an offence in which the offender is sentenced to pay a fine, the Court passing the sentence may, in its discretion, do all or any of the following things:
(i)
allow time for the payment of the fine;
(ii)
direct payment of the fine to be made by instalments;
(iii)
issue a warrant for the levy of the amount by distress and sale of any property belonging to the offender;
(iv)
direct that in default of payment of the fine the offender shall suffer imprisonment for a certain term, which imprisonment shall be in excess of
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any other imprisonment to which he may be sentenced;
(b)
the period for which the Court directs the offender to be imprisoned in default of payment of fine shall not exceed the following scale:
(i)
if the offence is punishable with imprisonment—
Where the maximum term of imprisonment—
The period shall not exceed—
does not exceed six months the maximum term of imprisonment exceeds six months but does not exceed two years six months exceeds two years one quarter of the maximum term of imprisonment;
(ii)
if the offence is not punishable with imprisonment—
Where the fine—
The period shall not exceed—
does not exceed two hundred ringgit one month exceeds two hundred ringgit but does not exceed five hundred ringgit two months exceeds five hundred ringgit six months;
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(c)
the imprisonment which is imposed in default of payment of a fine shall terminate whenever that fine is either paid or levied by process of law;
(d)
if, before the expiration of the time of imprisonment fixed in default of payment of a fine, such a proportion of the fine be paid or levied that the time of imprisonment suffered in default of payment is not less than proportional to the part of the fine still unpaid, the imprisonment shall terminate;
(e)
the fine, or any part thereof which remains unpaid, may be levied at any time within six years after the passing of the sentence, and the death of the offender shall discharge him from the fine.
(2)
A warrant for the levy of a fine may be executed at any place in
Malaysia, but if it is required to be executed outside the Federal
Territories, it shall be indorsed for that purpose by a Judge of the
Syariah High Court or by a Judge of the Syariah Subordinate Court.
Suspension of execution in certain cases