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Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)

Chapter 28 : Sentence

281. Interpretation of certain provisions in laws relating to imprisonment and fines

 

In construing any provision of any law (not being an Act of Parliament passed on or after the first day of September, 1959, or anything enacted by virtue of powers conferred by such an Act), in so far as it prescribes or confers the powers to prescribe a punishment for any offence, any reference in that law—

(a) to imprisonment with or without any form of labour, shall be construed as a reference to imprisonment only;
(b) to any period of imprisonment of less than three months which may not be exceeded in imposing or prescribing a sentence of imprisonment, shall be construed as a reference to a period of imprisonment of three months;
(c) to any fine of less than fifty rand which may not be exceeded in imposing or prescribing a fine, shall be construed as a reference to a fine of fifty rand.