New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
If the court which sentences an offender to pay a fine or which orders an offender to pay any other sum of money is of opinion—
(a) that the offender has sufficient means to pay the fine or other sum of money forthwith; or
(b) that the offender has no fixed place of residence; or
(c) that for any other reason, having reference to the gravity of the offence, the character of the offender, or other special circumstances, execution should issue without delay—
the court may direct that a writ of sale be issued against the personal property of an offender, without waiting for the expiration of the period mentioned in the rules of court made under this Act, or it may impose on the offender a period of imprisonment in default of payment of the fine or other sum of money (not exceeding the appropriate maximum period prescribed in section 19E).
Section 19B: inserted, on 1 January 1967, by section 2 of the Crimes Amendment Act 1966 (1966 No 98).
