1202. Scale of imprisonment for non-payment of sums adjudged
Subject in every case to the provisions of the enactment under which any order is made, the term of imprisonment, which a Court may impose in respect of the non-payment of any sum of money adjudged to be paid by any such order, shall be such as, in the opinion of the Court, will satisfy the justice of the case and shall be in accordance with the following scale, that is to say—
| Where the sum of money adjudged to be paid by an order — | The period shall not exceed — |
| does not exceed $250 | 1 month |
| exceeds $250 but does not exceed $500 | 2 months |
| exceeds $500 but does not exceed $600 | 3 months |
| exceeds $600 | 6 months |