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| (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Code, the Penal Code, or any other written law to the contrary, any court shall not sentence any person to imprisonment, whether in default of payment of a fine or not, for a tern which is less than seven, days. Sentence of detention in precincts of court in lieu of imprisonment. |
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| (2) Any court may, in any circumstances in which it is empowered by any written or other law to sentence an offender to imprisonment, whether in default of payment of a fine or not, in lieu of imposing a sentence of imprisonment order that the offender be detained in the precincts of the court until such hour on the day on which the order is made, not being later than 8 p.m., as the court may specify in the order. Power of courts to sentence to imprisonment in default of payment of fine. |
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| (3) Any court may impose such term of imprisonment in default of. payment of a fine as is authorized by law in case of such default, provided that the term imposed is not in excess of the court's powers under this Code. |
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| (4) The imprisonment imposed under subsection (3) may be in addition to a substantive sentence of imprisonment for the maximum term that may be imposed by the court under sections 13 and 14. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts