PART IIIFines and Imprisonment, etc., in default

23Maximum fines and caution

(1)The limit imposed by section 3 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 upon the amount of the fine which may be imposed by a court of summary jurisdiction other than a sheriff court on convicting a person of a common law offence shall be raised from ten pounds to fifty pounds, and the limit on the amount of caution which any such person as aforesaid may be ordained to find shall be raised from twenty pounds to fifty pounds.

(2)The limit imposed by section 7 (1) of the said Act upon the amount of the fine which may be imposed by the sheriff on summarily convicting any person of a common law offence, and upon the amount of caution which any such person as aforesaid may be ordained to find, shall be raised from twenty-five pounds to one hundred and fifty pounds.

(3)The limit imposed by section 40 of the said Act upon the amount of the fine which may be imposed in substitution of a period of imprisonment shall be raised from twenty-five pounds to one hundred pounds.