223Two year limit on imprisonment for statutory offence if no maximum specifiedE+W
Where—
(a)a person is convicted on indictment of an offence under any enactment which is punishable with imprisonment, and
(b)no enactment—
(i)limits the sentence to a specified term, or
(ii)expresses it to extend to imprisonment for life,
the person is liable to imprisonment for not more than 2 years.
Commencement Information
I1S. 223 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2