Valid from 06/04/2014
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154(1)Section 154 (general limit on magistrates' power to impose imprisonment) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsections (4) and (6) for “distress” substitute “ goods ”.
(3)After subsection (7) insert—
“(8)In this section references to want of sufficient goods to satisfy a fine or other sum of money have the meaning given by section 79(4) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.”