Part VI Miscellaneous and General
Increase of Fines, etc.
93 Alteration of maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines, etc.C1
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For the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Magistrates’Courts Act 1952 (maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines,etc.) there shall be substituted the following Table:—
An amount not exceeding £2 | seven days |
An amount exceeding £2 but not exceeding £5 | fourteen days |
An amount exceeding £5 but not exceeding£20 | thirty days |
An amount exceeding £20 but not exceeding £50 | sixty days |
An amount not exceeding £50 | ninety days |
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In paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 3 (maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of sums due on summary conviction of a revenue offence) for the references to £20 and £50 there shall be substituted £50 and £100 respectively and for the reference to three months there shall be substituted a reference to ninety days.
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