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Certain fines which may be imposed under the Principal Act increased.
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38.—(1) The maximum fine which may be imposed in respect of an offence under a section of the Principal Act which is mentioned in subsection (3) (a) of this section (other than an offence which is either a further offence under such a section or a continuing offence) is hereby increased to two hundred and fifty pounds, and accordingly—
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(a) every reference to one hundred pounds in the sections of the Principal Act mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) of subsection (3) of this section shall be construed and have effect as if it were a reference to two hundred and fifty pounds, and
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(b) both of the references to two hundred pounds in the sections of the Principal Act mentioned in paragraph (a) (ii) of the said subsection (3) shall be construed and have effect as if they were each a reference to two hundred and fifty pounds.
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(2) Every reference to twenty pounds in the sections of the Principal Act mentioned in subsection (3) (b) of this section shall be construed and have effect as if it were a reference to fifty pounds.
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(3) (a) The sections of the Principal Act referred to in subsection (1) of this section are,
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(i) sections 31 (8), 34 (1), 34 (6), 35 (7), 37 (7), 49 (2) (b) and 86 (8), and
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(ii) sections 45 (8) and 46 (8).
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(b) The sections of the Principal Act referred to in subsection (2) of this section are sections 31 (8), 34 (5), 34 (6), 35 (8), 37 (7), 49 (2) (b) and 86 (8).
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