Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995

6(1)The repeal by this Act of any enactment—S

(a)by virtue of which the penalty which may be imposed in respect of any offence is altered; but

(b)which provides that the penalty in respect of such an offence committed before a particular date shall not be so altered,

shall not affect the penalty which may be imposed in respect of an offence mentioned in paragraph (b) above.

(2)The periods of imprisonment set forth in subsection (2) of section 219 of the Principal Act shall apply to the non-payment of any sum imposed under that section by a court under a statute or order passed or made before 1 June 1909, notwithstanding that that statute or order fixes any other period of imprisonment.