Section 62. Sentence of imprisonment. (ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW

ENACTMENT No. 1 Of 1959
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW

PART III - RELIGIOUS COURTS-CONSTITUTION AND JURISDICTION

Section 62. Sentence of imprisonment.

(1) A Court passing a sentence of imprisonment shall send the prisoner in the custody of a police officer or one of the Court's officers to the prison and deliver him to the officer in charge of the prison together with a warrant for his confinement and he shall confined accordingly.

(2) If the prisoner has been in prison pending trial, the period so spent may be treated as part of the period to be served under the sentence.

(3) The Court may in its direction grant bail pending an appeal, but, if such appeal be not prosecuted with due diligence, the Court may order re-arrest and the sentence shall be carried out.

(4) A sentence of imprisonment may be imposed in default of payment of a fine imposed under this Enactment, but no such sentence of imprisonment shall exceed one-half of the term of imprisonment, if any, provided for the offence, or seven days, if the sentence is punishable only by fine.