# Children and Young Persons Act 1963, Section 31: Increase of penalty for cruelty.

Extent: E+W

In section I of the principal Act (cruelty to persons under sixteen) paragraph (b) of subsection (1) (which provides for a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds on summary conviction) shall be amended, as respects offences committed after the commencement of this Act, by the substitution for the words “twenty-five pounds” of the words “one hundred pounds”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/37/section/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1963/section-31
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