Money ordered to be paid recoverable as fine

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 (CrPC)

Section 431 - Money ordered to be paid recoverable as fine

Any money (other than a fine) payable by virtue of any order made under this Code, and the method of recovery of which is not otherwise expressly provided for, shall be recoverable as if it were a fine: Provided that section 421 shall, in its application to an order under section 359, by virtue of this section, be construed as if in the proviso to sub- section (1) of section 421, after the words and figures" under section 357", the words and figures" or an order for payment of costs under section 359" had been inserted, E.- Suspension, remission and commutation of sentences