Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 20
20. When the law expressly provides that a punishment shall
not be awarded in its minimum, the punishment to be awarded sha ll
always include at least one-third of the difference between the
minimum and the maximum.
Punishment
below
prescribed
minimum.
Added by:
XII.1944.2.
Amended by:
XXI.1971.4;
V .2024.2.
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