Reduction of imprisonment
186 Reduction of imprisonment
If it appears to the proper officer of the court that the amount of the penalty has been reduced by the offender who was ordered to pay the penalty by—
payment of part of the penalty; or
an amount realised by execution against the property of the offender;
the term for which the offender may be imprisoned is the number of whole days worked out by dividing the balance of the penalty by the original penalty and multiplying the result by the number of days ordered to be served in default of payment of the penalty.
If—
an offender is imprisoned for failing to pay a penalty; and
an amount is paid to the chief executive (corrective services) in satisfaction or part satisfaction of the penalty;
imprisonment the offender is serving is reduced to the number of whole days worked out by dividing the balance of the penalty by the original penalty and multiplying the result by the number of days ordered to be served in default of payment of the penalty.
For subsections (1) and (2), a fraction of a day is to be disregarded.
The chief executive (corrective services)—
must—
accept payment of all amounts tendered under subsection (2); and
pay every amount tendered to the proper officer of the court; and
must release the offender from custody when the penalty is fully paid, unless the offender is in custody for another matter.
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