Social Welfare Act, 1988

Increase in penalties on conviction on indictment.

21.—A person convicted on indictment of an offence for which a fine or a term of imprisonment is provided in any section of the Principal Act specified in the Table to this section shall be liable—

(a) in lieu of the fine provided for such conviction in any such section, to a fine not exceeding £10,000, or

(b) in lieu of the term of imprisonment provided for such conviction in any such section, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years,

or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

TABLE

Section 114 (4) (amended by section 15 of the Act of 1986);

Section 143A (5) (inserted by section 13 of the Act of 1985);

Sections 115 (1), 115 (2), 115 (3), 144 (1), 144 (2), 169 (1), 174 (2), 188 (1), 231 (1) and 294 (amended by section 12 of the Act of 1985).