CrPC § 388 — Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment

Statutory text (English)

(1) When an offender has
been sentenced to fine only and to imprisonment in default of payment of the fine, and the fine is
not paid forthwith, the Court may—
(a) order that the fine shall be payable either in full on or before a date not more than thirty
days from the date of the order, or in two or three instalments, of which the first shall be
payable on or before a date not more than thirty days from the date of the order and the
other or others at an interval or at intervals, as the case may be, of not more than thirty
days, and
(b) suspend the execution of the sentence of imprisonment and release the offender, on the
execution by the offender of a bond, with or without sureties, as the Court thinks
fit, conditioned for his appearance before the Court on the date or dates on or before
which payment of the fine or the instalments thereof, as the case may be, is to be
made; and if the amount of the fine or of any installment, as the case may be, is not
realised on or before the latest date on which it is payable under the order, the Court
may direct the sentence of imprisonment to be carried into execution at once.

(2) The provisions of sub-section

(1) shall be applicable also in any case in which an order for the
payment of money has been made on non-recovery of which imprisonment may be awarded and the money
is not paid forthwith; and, if the person against whom the order has been made, on being required to enter
into a bond such as is referred to in that sub-section, fails to do so, the Court may at once pass sentence of
imprisonment.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.388: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 145, 146, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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