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BILL

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Increase and extend the powers of the court A.D. 1926. to inflict punishment in the case of certain crimes.

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E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows:

1. (1) Where a person is convicted on indictment Power of of two or more offences to which this Act applies court to in respect of which he is liable to be sentenced to terms substitute of imprisonment amounting in the aggregate to a period tude for penal servi 10 of not less than three years, the court may, instead of consecutive sentencing him to imprisonment, sentence him to penal terms of servitude for any term not exceeding the aggregate imprisonperiod for which he might have been sentenced to ment. imprisonment, so, however, that no sentence of penal 15 servitude imposed under this section shall be for a term exceeding seven years.

(2) This Act applies to all indictable offences not otherwise punishable by penal servitude except blasphemous or seditious libel and other offences of 20 blasphemy or sedition, unlawful or riotous assembly, offences under any enactment relating to corrupt and

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Penalties).

or attempting or conspiring to commit any such offence A.D. 1926. illegal practices at elections, and offences of inciting as aforesaid.

Short title

2. (1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal shall not extend to Northern Ireland. and extent. Justice (Increase of Penalties) Act, 1926.

(2) This

Act

[Bill 62]

To increase and extend the powers of
the court to inflict punishment in
the case of certain crimes.

Presented by Mr. Greaves-Lord,
supported by

Mr. Hawke, Captain O'Connor,
Mr. Robert Hudson, Mr. Grotrian,
Captain Fairfax, Mr. Merriman,

Sir Henry Cautley, Mr. Roy Bird, Mr. Rye,
Mr. William Graham and Sir John Simon.

Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 11 March 1926.

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LORDS AMENDMENTS

TO THE

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (INCREASE OF PENALTIES) BILL.

[NOTE. The page and line refer to Bill (104) as first printed by the Lords.]

In the Title, leave out ("punishment ") and insert ("penal servitude in lieu of imprisonment ")

Page 1.

Line 16, at end insert:

person

("Provided that if, on an appeal by a sentenced under this Act to penal servitude in respect of two or more offences with which he was charged on separate indictments, it appears to the Court of Criminal Appeal that the appellant, though not properly convicted on some indictment, has been properly convicted on some other indictment, the Court shall have the like powers as if the appellant had been convicted of the offences on different counts or parts of the same indictment; but where an appellant convicted of two or more offences, whether on one or more indictments, has been sentenced under this Act to penal servitude in respect of two or more offences and his conviction of any such offence is quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal, the Court shall not affirm any sentence passed at the trial or pass any sentence in substitution therefor which is more severe than would have been warranted by law if the appellant had been acquitted at the trial of any charge in respect of which his conviction is quashed ")

Line 20, leave out (" or riotous")

Line 20, after (" assembly ") insert

Page 2.

Line 11, at end insert:

rout or riot ")

("(b) a reference to the Court of Criminal Appeal shall be construed as a reference to the High Court of Justiciary in the exercise of its jurisdiction under the Criminal Appeal (Scotland) Line 12, leave out ("Criminal Justice (Increase of Penalties)") and insert ("Penal Servitude") Act, 1926.")

Page 1.

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 10 November 1926.

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H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses:
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