§ 24-201.04. Commutation of fine.

Current through October 23, 2012

In all cases in the District of Columbia where a defendant is sent to jail or to the Workhouse in default of the payment of a fine he shall be released upon the payment of the balance of the fine due by him after crediting thereon as paid an amount equal to the proportion the time thus served by him in the Jail or Workhouse bears to the whole time he was to serve under the sentence.

                
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(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1341, ch. 854, § 936.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 24-404.

1973 Ed., § 24-404.