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Young offenders135Limit on fines imposed by magistrates' courts in respect of young offenders

(1)    Where a person aged under 18 is found guilty by a magistrates' court of an offence for which, apart from this section, the court would have power to impose a fine of an amount exceeding £1,000, the amount of any fine imposed by the court shall not exceed £1,000.

(2)    In relation to a person aged under 14, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if for “£1,000”, in both places where it occurs, there were substituted “£250”.

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Specified date: 25 August 2000: see s 168(1).
Compensation95 Sentencing of Young Offenders90 Civil Procedure & Administration of Justice99 Criminal Procedure95 Remedies99 Criminal Law & Disposition of Offenders95 Compensation Orders95 Sentencing Powers & General Principles of Sentencing95 Young Persons90

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