Justices Act 1886

If it appears to the justices that the issue of a warrant of execution would be ruinous or injurious to the person against whom a decision is made or the person’s family, or if it appears to such justices by the confession of the person against whom a decision is made or otherwise that the person has no goods or chattels whereon to levy the penalty or compensation or sum of money or costs, then such justices, instead of issuing a warrant of execution, may order such person to be imprisoned for a period as prescribed by the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, unless the sum and costs (if any), or the costs adjudged to be paid, and also, if the justices think fit so to order, the costs and charges of taking and conveying such person to prison (the amount thereof being ascertained and stated in the warrant of commitment), are sooner paid. hdg prec s 168 om 1985 No. 73 s 12 (1)