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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 5 Ch. 2 power to modify, amend or repeal conferred (30.9.2003) by Armed Forces Act 2001 (c. 19), ss. 31(1)(a)(3)(6)(7), 39(2); S.I. 2003/2268, art. 2
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, no court shall—
(a)pass a sentence of imprisonment on a person for an offence if he is aged under 21 when convicted of the offence; or
(b)commit a person aged under 21 to prison for any reason.
(2)Nothing in subsection (1) above shall prevent the committal to prison of a person aged under 21 who is—
(a)remanded in custody;
(b)committed in custody for trial or sentence; or
(c)sent in custody for trial under section 51 of the M1Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Marginal Citations