# Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 122: Penalty for cruelty to children Extent: E+W+S+N.I. (1) In section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (cruelty to persons under 16), in subsection (1)(a) (penalty on conviction on indictment), for β€œten” substitute β€œ14”. (2) Subsection (1) applies only in relation to offences committed on or after the day on which this section comes into force. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/122 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-act-2022/section-122 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.