Part VCustodial sentences etc.

Chapter IIDetention and custody of young offenders

Detention at Her Majesty’s pleasure or for specified period

90Offenders who commit murder when under 18: duty to detain at Her Majesty’s pleasure

Where a person convicted of murder appears to the court to have been aged under 18 at the time the offence was committed, the court shall (notwithstanding anything in this or any other Act) sentence him to be detained during Her Majesty’s pleasure.