Section 223 Two year limit on imprisonment for statutory offence if no maximum specifiedI1

Where—

(a)

a person is convicted on indictment of an offence under any enactment which is punishable with imprisonment, and

(b)

no enactment—

(i)

limits the sentence to a specified term, or

(ii)

expresses it to extend to imprisonment for life,

the person is liable to imprisonment for not more than 2 years.

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