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Sentencing Act 1991
113Maximum term of imprisonment for indictable offence heard and determined summarily
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113 Maximum term of imprisonment for indictable offence heard and determined summarily
S. 113(1) amended by Nos 48/1997 s. 28(7), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 110.81).
(1) If a person is convicted by the Magistrates' Court in a summary hearing of an indictable offence under section 28(1) of the **Criminal Procedure Act 2009**, the maximum term of imprisonment to which the Court may sentence the offender is 2 years.
(2) Subsection (1) is subject to any contrary intention appearing in any Act other than this Act.
S. 113A inserted by No. 48/1997 s. 31.