Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 33A

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33A. (1) Where an offence is committed by a person who is a prisoner the punishment for the offence shall in case of a conviction be increased by one or two degrees and the provision s of articles 21 and 21 of the Probation Act shall not apply. (2) For the purposes of this ar ticle ''prisoner'' has the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Prisons Act and includes a prisoner deemed to be confined in a prison according to the provisions of article 3(3) of the same Act. Intoxication. Added by: XIII.1935.2. Amended by: V .1956.8.

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