Queensland Consolidated ActsUpon nonpayment of any fine, forfeiture, or penalty, under this Act, either immediately or within such period after the conviction as such justices at the time of such conviction shall appoint, and where no mode of proceeding is hereby prescribed, such justices shall commit such offender to any gaol or house of correction in the State, for any period not exceeding 3 months, where the sum remaining unpaid shall not exceed $20; 4 months where the said sum shall exceed $20 and not exceed $40; and 6 months where the said sum shall exceed $40, unless the said sum shall be sooner paid.