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Imprisonment on summary conviction in default of payment of fine.
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2.—(1) Where on summary conviction a fine is imposed a court may order that, in default of due payment of the fine, the person liable to pay the fine shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding the appropriate period specified in the following scale:
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Amount of Fine
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Period of Imprisonment
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Not exceeding £50
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5 days
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Exceeding £50 but not exceeding £250
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15 days
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Exceeding £250 but not exceeding £500
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45 days
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Exceeding £500
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90 days
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(2) Where on summary conviction a fine is imposed on a body corporate, the fine may, in default of due payment, be levied by distress and sale of the goods of the body corporate.
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(3) This section does not apply to any case relating to a tax or duty which is under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners or to any fine, penalty or forfeiture incurred in connection with such a tax or duty or otherwise incurred under the Customs Acts, other than an excise penalty under the Roads Act, 1920 (as amended), imposed on foot of a complaint made by a member of the Garda Síochána.
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(4) In this section—
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“fine” includes any compensation, costs or expenses in addition to a fine ordered to be paid;
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“summary conviction” includes a conviction imposed on foot of a trial of a summary offence and of a trial of an indictable offence tried summarily.
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