Part X Miscellaneous and general

Provisions relating to offences

I1150 Punishment of offences.

1

Schedule 20 makes provision for the punishment of offences under this Act.

2

In relation to an offence under any provision specified in the first column of that Schedule, the second column shows—

a

whether the offence is punishable on summary conviction only or is punishable either on summary conviction or on conviction on indictment; and

b

the maximum punishment (or, in the case of a fine on a conviction on indictment, the punishment) which may be imposed by way of fine or imprisonment on a person convicted of the offence in the way specified;

and, where that column shows two alternative penalties that may be imposed on a person convicted in the way specified, as a further alternative both of those penalties may be imposed on him.

3

In the second column of that Schedule—

a

“Level 5” means a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;

b

“statutory maximum” means a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and

c

any reference to 1 year or 6 months is a reference to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or 6 months (as the case may be).

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In the application of this section to Gibraltar—

a

the reference to the standard scale shall have effect as if it were a reference to the standard scale pursuant to section 189 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Criminal Procedure Ordinance; and

b

the reference to the statutory maximum shall have effect as if it were a reference to level 5 on that scale.