Section 327: Powers of court when convict is sentenced to only fine

(1) Where a convict has been ordered by Court to pay a fine with or without a sentence of imprisonment in default of payment of the fine, the Court authorised by section 326 of this Act to issue a warrant may, exercise any of the following powers:
(a) allow time for payment of the fine;
(b) direct that the fine be paid by installments;
(c) postpone the issue of a warrant under section 326 of this Act;
(d) without postponing the issue of a warrant under section 326 of this Act, postpone the sale of any property seized under the warrant;
(e) postpone the execution of the sentence of imprisonment in default of payment of the fine.
(2) An order made in the exercise of the powers referred to in subsection (1) of this section may be made subject to the convict giving such security as the court may consider fit, by means of a bond with or without sureties, in which case, the bond may be conditioned either for the payment of the fine in accordance with the order or for the appearance of the convict as required in the bond or both.
(3) The Court may also, in the exercise of the powers referred to in subsection (1) of this section, order that the execution of the sentence of imprisonment on a convict who has been committed to prison in default of payment of a fine, be suspended and that he be released but only subject to the convict giving security as specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) Where the fine or any instalment of the fine not being paid in accordance with an order under this section, the authority making the order may enforce payment of the fine or of the balance outstanding, by any means authorised in this Act and may cause the offender to be arrested and may commit or recommit him to prison under the sentence of imprisonment in default of payment of the fine.