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No one can be legally forced to pay money that they don't have, and the custom of debtors prisons was abolished a long time ago. If you do have an income, it is possible that some of that income will be garnished in order to eventually pay the costs that you have been ordered to pay.

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Q: If you are ordered by the court to pay costs and you cannot what happens to you?
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