Article 12 Increase in maximum term of imprisonment for certain offences
Northern Ireland
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(4)
In section 20(1)( a ) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968F2 (cruelty to persons under 16) for the words “two years” there shall be substituted the words “ ten years ” .
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This Article does not affect the punishment for an offence committed before it comes into operation.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Art. 12(1)-(3) repealed (2.2.2009) by Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(3), 81, 83, Sch. 1 para. 21, Sch. 3; S.R. 2008/510, art. 2
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