Criminal Justice Act 2006

Imprisonment or distress and sale of goods on conviction on indictment in default of payment of fine.

195.—(1) Where on conviction on indictment 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 12 months.

(2) Where on conviction on indictment 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.

(3) In this section “fine” includes any compensation, costs or expenses in addition to a fine ordered to be paid.