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JUSTICES ACT - SECT 75

General power of Courts to refrain from or mitigate punishment

    (1)     Upon the hearing of any complaint under this or any other Act, whether past or future, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment to the contrary, the Court of Summary Jurisdiction shall have the powers conferred by this section: Provided that nothing herein contained shall:

        (a)     authorise the Court to reduce below the prescribed minimum the amount of any fine imposed under any Act passed for carrying into effect any treaty, convention, or agreement made with the Imperial Government of Great Britain, or with any British possession or with any foreign State, where such treaty, convention, or agreement stipulates for a fine of such minimum amount; or

        (b)     affect the powers conferred upon the Court by any Act in force in the Territory relating to first offenders.



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