Nigerian Penal Code Act

Section 75 - Fine not discharged by death or service of sentence in default of payment.

Where a fine or a part thereof remains unpaid, the offender or his estate, if he is dead, is not discharged from liability to pay the fine or the unpaid part thereof notwithstanding that he has served a term of imprisonment in default of payment of the fine.

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