Part IIIU.K. Penalties

46 Increase of certain penalties and other sums.S

(1)In the 1975 Act—

(a)(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(c)in section 344 (1) (penalty for contempt), for the words. . . F2“20 days” there shall be substituted. . . F2 the words. . . F2 “ 21 days ” ;

(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(e)in section 435(e) (expenses), for the words “£12” there shall be substituted the words “ £200 ” and for the words “£3”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ £50 ” ; and

(f)in section 453(3) (expenses to appellant on conviction being set aside), for the words “£5.25” there shall be substituted the words “ £20 ”.

(2)In section 193 of the 1975 Act (power to mitigate penalties), in subsection (2) for the words “an amount of £150”, and in subsection (3) for the words “the amount of £150”, there shall be substituted in each case the words “ the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 289B of this Act ”.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of s. 46(1)(c) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

C2The text of ss. 6, 11, 13–22, 24, 25, 27–30, 33–38, 40, 43, 45(1), (3), 46(1)(e)(f), (2), 47–51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 79, 83(2)(3) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.