Section 275 Duty to impose custody for life for offence of murderI1
(1)
Where a person aged under 21 is convicted of—
(a)
murder, or
(b)
any other offence the sentence for which is fixed by law as life imprisonment,
the court must sentence the offender to custody for life.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply where the offender is liable to be detained under section 259 (detention at Her Majesty's pleasure for offender under 18).
Annotations
Commencement
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S. 275 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2