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MAGISTRATES COURT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 (NO. 4 OF 1993) - SECT 25

Substitution

25. Section 189 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“189. Subject to Division 5 of this Part and to the provisions of the law under which a conviction or order is made, the period of imprisonment imposed by the Court in default of payment of an amount being a penalty, sum of money or costs under a conviction or order shall be such period as in the opinion of the Court will satisfy the justice of the case, but not exceeding in any case a period calculated at the rate of one day for each $100, or part of $100, included in the amount ordered to be paid or 6 months, whichever is the less.”.



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