Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 50

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50. Where a person sentenced for a crime shall, within ten years from the date of the expiration or remission of the punishment, if the term of such punishment be over five years, or within five years, in all other cases, commit another crime, he may be sentenced to a punishment higher by one degree than the punishment established for such other crime. CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 37 Solitary confinement in the case of relapsers serving a life sentence. Amended by: XI.1900.14.

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