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The Indian Penal Code, 1860

Amount of fine

Repealed From 01 Jan 1862 Act 45 of 1860 As on 17 Oct 2026

Act 45 of 1860 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 06 Oct 1860 In force 01 Jan 1862 Cited by 12 provisions

This provision is repealed. Repealed by section 358 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024. It is reproduced because conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Section 63 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with amount of fine. Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive. The Act came into force on 01 Jan 1862. Repealed by section 358 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive.

Section 63, The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860).

Now in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

BNS 8 Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc Close, with changes 84%

Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.

Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

Referred to by 12

  1. Assam General Clauses Act s. 32
  2. General Clauses Act s. 25 Recovery of fines
  3. Himachal Pradesh General Clauses Act s. 24 Recovery of fines
  4. Karnataka General Clauses Act s. 32 Application of Act to Ordinances
  5. Madhya Pradesh General Clauses Act 1957 s. 26
  6. Meghalaya Interpretation and General Clauses Act , 1970 Act No.7 of 1970 s. 42 Recovery of fines
  7. Meghalaya Interpretation and General Clauses Act No. 7 of 1972 s. 42 Recovery of fines
  8. Orissa General Clauses Act s. 27 Recovery of fines
  9. Rajasthan General Clauses Act s. 28 Recovery of fines
  10. Telangana General Clauses Act s. 19 Recovery of fines
  11. Uttar Pradesh General Clauses Act 1904 s. 25 Recovers of fines
  12. Uttar Pradesh General Clauses Act s. 23

Judgments citing this section

These may be obiter dicta or a precedent, for you to study. These are the judgments where this section is quoted.

  1. High Court 14 Dec 2016 BRHC010353842011

    … He could have formed such a view. Under [Section 325](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1133601/) Indian Penal Code, a person found guilty "shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine". [Section 63](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/961907/) IPC provides that where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive. A single Judge of the Patna High Court in [Tetar](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/433874/) [Gope vs. Ganauri …

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Questions about Section 63

What does Section 63 of the Indian Penal Code deal with?

Section 63 of the Indian Penal Code is headed "Amount of fine". Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive.

How do I find court cases under Section 63 of the Indian Penal Code?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: IPC 63, section 63 IPC, section 63 of the Indian Penal Code. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 63 of the Indian Penal Code, and has it changed?

12 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNS 8 (Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.

When did Section 63 of the Indian Penal Code come into force?

Section 63 of the Indian Penal Code, cited as IPC 63, came into force on 01 Jan 1862, having been enacted on 06 Oct 1860. It is no longer in force.

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