39:5-36 - Imprisonment on default of payment of fine - New Jersey Statutes

39:5-36.  Imprisonment on default of payment of fine
    Unless otherwise expressly provided in this subtitle, any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this subtitle, and upon  whom a fine shall be imposed, shall, in default of payment thereof, be imprisoned in the county jail or workhouse of the county where the offense was committed, but in no case shall such imprisonment exceed 1 day for each $20.00 of the fine so imposed, nor shall such imprisonment exceed, in any case, a period of 3 months.

    Whenever a person is imprisoned by reason of default in the payment of a fine or fines and costs imposed and assessed upon conviction of any violation of this subtitle wherein the committing court, as a part of the sentence, ordered that such person stand committed to the county jail or workhouse until such fine and costs are paid, he shall be given credit against the amount of such fines and costs at the rate of $20.00 for each day of such confinement. When such person shall have been confined for a sufficient number of days to establish credits equal to the aggregate amount of such fines and costs, and is  not held by reason of any other sentence or commitment, he shall be discharged  from such imprisonment by the officer in charge of the county jail or  workhouse.

     Amended by L.1942, c. 334, p. 1183, s. 7;  L.1963, c. 142, s. 4, eff. Aug. 26,  1963;  L.1975, c. 144, s. 4, eff. July 7, 1975.