SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Miscellaneous amendments

Part 6Other amendments

Sentence where penalty for civil offence fixed by law as life imprisonment

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(1)

Section 42(1) of the 1957 Act (punishment of civil offences) is amended as follows.

(2)

The words “Subject to section 43A below” are inserted at the beginning and the words “subject to section 43A below be liable” are omitted.

(3)

For paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b)

in the case of an offence constituted by a civil offence the sentence for which is fixed by law as life imprisonment, be sentenced to imprisonment for life;”.

(4)

In paragraph (c), after “any other offence,” there is inserted “be liable”.