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General limits on powers to impose custodial sentences General limits on powers to impose custodial sentences

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  1. 223Two year limit on imprisonment for statutory offence if no maximum specified
  2. 224General limit on magistrates' court's power to impose imprisonment or detention in a young offender institution
  3. 225Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners
  4. 226Custodial sentence: restrictions in certain cases where offender not legally represented
  5. 227Restriction on imposing imprisonment on persons under 21
  6. 228Other restrictions on custodial sentence