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For section 182 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— “182. Imprisonment in default of payment and application of costs, etc.— (1) In case any fine or costs imposed or assessed by a Judicial Magistrate under this Act or under any rule or bye-law made thereunder, has not been paid, the Judicial Magistrate may order the offender to be imprisoned in default of payment subject to all the restrictions, limitations and conditions imposed in sections 64 to 70 (both inclusive) of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act XLV of 1860). Substitution of section 182. (2) Any fine, costs, tax or other sum imposed or assessed by a Magistrate under this Act or under any rule or bye-law made thereunder, shall be recoverable by such Magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), as if it were a fine and the same shall, except in the case of fine, on recovery be paid to the municipality to be applied for the purposes of this Act.”. 198 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY Insertion of section 186-A.