1948
No. 30 of 1911.
PENALTIES AMENDMENT.
No. 24 of 1911, incorporated in No. 5 of 1865.
No. 25 of 1911, repealed by No. 40 of 1912.
No. 26 of 1911, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.
No. 27 of 1911, incorporated in No. 15 of 1908.
No. 28 of 1911, incorporated in No. 10 of 1900,
No. 29 of 1911, incorporated in No. 4 of 1899.
[Originally
No. 30 of 1911.
Law Rev.
Ord., 1924.]
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Short title.
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Power of
court to award lesser penalty than that stated.
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No. 30 of 1911.
An Ordinance to abolish minimum penalties, and to bring the law of the Colony as to penalties into uniformity with the law of England.
[28th August, 1913.]
[Preamble, rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Penalties Amendment Ordinance, 1911.
2. Unless any enactment now in force, or any future enactment, otherwise provides, where a court is empowered to impose a sentence
(a) of imprisonment for life; or
(b) of imprisonment for any term not exceeding a specified period; or
(c) of a fine,
the court may, after conviction of any person of an offence, award a sentence less than for life or less than for the specified period, or less than the fine, specified in the enactment, as the case may be,
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.