1 Abolition of penal servitude, hard labour and prison divisions

Section 1 Abolition of penal servitude, hard labour and prison divisions

Criminal Justice Act 1948 (1948 c 58) | Legislation
Criminal Justice Act 1948 (1948 c 58) | Legislation

Part I Powers and Proceedings of Courts

Abolition of penal servitude, hard labour, prison divisions and sentence of whipping

1  Abolition of penal servitude, hard labour and prison divisions

(1)     No person shall be sentenced by a court to penal servitude; and every enactment conferring power on a court to pass a sentence of penal servitude in any case

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