# Sentencing Act 2020, Section 223: Two year limit on imprisonment for statutory offence if no maximum specified


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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/223 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-223
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