2. Every person condemned to pay a fine or a fine and costs may free himself:(a) by paying, before the issuing of a notice of execution or of a warrant of commitment, the sum fixed, to the clerk of the court which or of the judge who imposed it;
(b) by paying, after the issue of a notice of execution or of a warrant of commitment, to any peace officer or other person charged with its execution, the total amount of the fine and costs;
(c) by paying, after commitment, to the gaoler or keeper of the correctional facility in which he is imprisoned, the total amount of the fine and of the costs stated in the order for commitment.
The peace officer or person charged with the execution of the notice of execution or warrant of commitment, who receives the amount mentioned in such notice or warrant, shall forthwith pay the same to the clerk of the court which or of the judge who issued such notice or warrant.
The gaoler or keeper of the correctional facility shall forthwith pay the sum received to the clerk of the court which or of the judge who gave the order for commitment for non-payment.
R. S. 1964, c. 36, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1990, c. 4, s. 616; 1997, c. 4, s. 2; 2002, c. 24, s. 209; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).