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Persons previously convicted may, on verdict, be imprisoned with or without hard labour.
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237. [1]
When any verdict shall pass or conviction be had against any person for any offence against the Customs Acts, and he shall have been adjudged to pay a penalty of one hundred pounds or upwards, the presiding justice may, if for a first offence, commit the offender to one of Her Majesty's prisons for not less than six nor more than nine months, and if for a subsequent offence, may order that the offender shall, in lieu of payment of the penalty, be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for a period not less than six nor more than twelve months.
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