Payment of fine in installments

My cousin is facing a criminal charge and wants to enter into a plea bargaining arrangement but we are worried that if he is convicted on his own plea and sentenced to pay a fine, and is not able to pay the fine in lump sum, he will be committed to prison. We would like to know if he can pay the fine in installment? 
AK, Dar

Section 330 of the Criminal Procedure Act [Cap.20 R.E 2019] gives Courts discretionary power to order a fine to be paid in installments at the time of imposing such a fine sentence or subsequent to the imposition of a fine. Hence the application to pay fine in installments can be made on the date of imposition of the fine immediately after the Court pronounces the fine sentence or on another date after the fine order has been made. A person committed to prison for failure to pay a fine can apply for suspension of execution of a prison sentence and the Court can release him on bail in order to enable him to pay the fine in installments.

Courts can decide the number, interval and the amount of installments to be paid until the fine becomes fully paid. In case the offender fails to pay the fine in installments as ordered by the Court, the Court may cancel his bail and direct the prison sentence to be executed. Court may reduce the prison term to be served by the offender depending on the amount of outstanding fine. Unless the provisions of the law creating the offence provides otherwise, the maximum prison term the Court can impose for failure to pay a fine is 24 months. Section 29(d) of the Penal Code provides the scales of prison terms for failure to pay fine depending on the amount of fine imposed by the Court.