The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPc)
431. Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a 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.
