Section 93 Alteration of maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines, etc.C1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

For the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Magistrates’Courts Act 1952 (maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines,etc.) there shall be substituted the following Table:—

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An amount not exceeding £2	seven days
An amount exceeding £2 but not exceeding £5	fourteen days
An amount exceeding £5 but not exceeding£20	thirty days
An amount exceeding £20 but not exceeding £50	sixty days
An amount not exceeding £50	ninety days

(2)

In paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 3 (maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of sums due on summary conviction of a revenue offence) for the references to £20 and £50 there shall be substituted £50 and £100 respectively and for the reference to three months there shall be substituted a reference to ninety days.

(3)

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(4)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 48(1), 54(6)(8), 62(8), 68, 93(3) repealed by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt. I
F2: S. 93(4) repealed by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2, SIF 40:1), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Modifications

C1: The text of s. 93(1)–(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.