Judgment :- 1. The petitioners who had defaulted payment of a sum of Rs. 2302-1-6 due from them as sales tax were prosecuted before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Alleppey, under S.13 and 19(b) of the Travancore-Cochin General Sales Tax Act XI of 1125. They were convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 25/- each and in default of payment to undergo simple imprisonment for 10 days. They were also directed by the judgment to pay the arrears of tax and in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for a further term of three months. This criminal revision petition is directed against the latter part of the sentence. 2. The point urged in revision is that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction to direct payment of the arrears and to impose a sentence of imprisonment in default of such payment. S.19 reads as follows: "Offences and penalties. This criminal revision petition is directed against the latter part of the sentence. 2. The point urged in revision is that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction to direct payment of the arrears and to impose a sentence of imprisonment in default of such payment. S.19 reads as follows: "Offences and penalties. Any person who, (a) wilfully submits an untrue return or fails to submit a return as required by the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, or (b) fails to pay within the time allowed any tax assessed on him, or any fee due from him, under this Act, or (c) prevents or obstructs inspection or entry by any officer authorised under S.17, in contravention of the terms thereof, or (d) fraudulently evades the payment of any tax assessed on him, or any fee due from him under this Act, or (e) fails to submit an application for registration as required by S.10, sub-section (1), or (f) collects any amount by way of tax under this Act in contravention of the provisions of S.11, sub S. (1), or (g) fails to pay the amounts specified in S.11, sub-S. (2) within the prescribed time, or (h) wilfully acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act, shall on conviction by a Magistrate of the first class, be liable to a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees and in the case of a conviction under clause (b), (d), (f), or (g) the Magistrate shall specify in the order the tax, fee or other amount, which the person convicted has failed or evaded to pay or has wrongfully collected, and the tax, fee or amount so specified shall be recoverable as if it were a fine under the Code of Criminal Procedure for the time being in force", Under this section the Magistrate is bound to specify in the order the tax which the person convicted has failed to pay and when it is so specified, it can be recovered as it were a fine under the Criminal P. C. S.386 of the Criminal P. C. provides that the court passing a sentence of fine may take action for recovery of the same in either or both of the following ways; it may issue a warrant for the levy of the amount by attachment and sale of any movable property belonging to the offender and also a warrant to the Collector of the District authorising him to realise the amount by execution according to the civil process against the moveable or immovable property, or both, of the defaulter. All that S.19 provides is that the tax which the person convicted has failed to pay should be specified in the order so that it may be recovered as fine. The fact that it is made "recoverable as fine" shows that the court is not really imposing a sentence of fine when it specifies the amount of tax which the person convicted has failed to pay. S.19 thus only enables the court to set in motion the machinery for realisation of fines for collecting the arrears of tax by specifying the amount. On behalf of the State the order was sought to be supported on the ground that S.64 of the Indian Penal Code enabled the court to impose such a sentence. This contention is not sound because S.64 only enables the court to direct that the offender sentenced to pay fine shall suffer imprisonment for a certain term in default of payment of the same. It is by virtue of this section that the court awards a sentence of imprisonment if the fine is not paid, even though the penalty provided by S.19 of the Sales Tax Act is only a fine and not imprisonment. The provision in S.19 that the court should specify the amount of arrears of tax does not mean that such amount automatically becomes transformed into a fine so as to attract the provisions of S.64 of the Penal Code. Under S.19, the maximum punishment that can be imposed is only a fine of Rs. 1000/-. If by specifying the amount of arrears the court is deemed to impose a fine, it means that besides the fine of Rs. 25/-, an additional fine of Rs. 2302-1-6 which is beyond the maximum punishment for the offence is also imposed. As pointed out earlier, the mere fact that the machinery for realisation of fine is made applicable for collecting arrears due from a person convicted under S.19(b), (d), (f) or (g) does not mean that the court can impose a further fine and direct a term of imprisonment for nonpayment of the same. The court had no jurisdiction to award the latter part of the sentence and the same must therefore be quashed. 3. The criminal revision petition is accordingly allowed and the direction that the petitioners should undergo imprisonment for three months if the sum of Rs. 2302-1-6 is not paid is set aside. The court had no jurisdiction to award the latter part of the sentence and the same must therefore be quashed. 3. The criminal revision petition is accordingly allowed and the direction that the petitioners should undergo imprisonment for three months if the sum of Rs. 2302-1-6 is not paid is set aside. As the amount of arrears is specified in the order, the Magistrate is directed to recover the same in the manner indicated above. The bail bonds are cancelled. Allowed.