Section 26B

allow time for the payment of that sum;

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direct payment of that sum by installments;

issue a warrant for the levy of that sum by distress and sale of any property belonging to the convicted person;

direct that in default of payment or of a sufficient distress to satisfy such sum, the convicted person shall suffer imprisonment for a certain term, which imprisonment shall be in excess of any other imprisonment to which he may be sentenced or to which he may be liable under a commutation of sentence:

Provided that where time is not allowed for the payment of that sum, an order for imprisonment in default of payment shall not be issued in the first instance unless it appears to the court that the convicted person has no property or insufficient property to satisfy the sum payable or that the levy by way of distress will be more injurious to him or his family than imprisonment;

direct that the convicted person be searched and that any money found on him when so searched or which in the event of his being committed to prison, may be found on him when taken to prison shall be applied towards the payment of that sum, the surplus, if any, being returned to him:

Provided that such money shall not be so applied if the court is satisfied that the money does not belong to the convicted person on whom it was found or that the loss of the money will be more injurious to his family than his imprisonment.

The term for which the court directs the convicted person to be imprisoned in default of payment or of a sufficient distress to satisfy any sum shall not exceed the following scale:

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When the money to be paid does not exceed RM500

… … … …

One month

When the money to be paid exceeds

RM500 but does not exceed RM1000

… … … …

Two months

In any other case

… … … …

Six months

The imprisonment which the court imposes under this section shall terminate whenever the money is paid or levied by process of law.

If before the expiration of the time of such imprisonment such a proportion of the money is paid or levied that the time of imprisonment suffered is not less than proportional to the part of the money still unpaid, the imprisonment shall terminate.

A warrant for the levy of any such sum may be executed at any place in Malaysia but if it is required to be executed outside the State where it is issued, the warrant shall be endorsed for that purpose by a

Judge or a First Class Magistrate having jurisdiction in the State where it is to be executed.

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