Sec. 4 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1990

Minimum period of imprisonment for treason and murder, and attempts, to which section 3 applies.

Minimum period of imprisonment for treason and murder, and attempts, to which section 3 applies.

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4.—Where a person (other than a child or young person) is convicted of treason or of a murder or attempt to commit a murder to which section 3 applies, the court—

(a) in the case of treason or murder, shall in passing sentence specify as the minimum period of imprisonment to be served by that person a period of not less than forty years,

(b) in the case of an attempt to commit murder, shall pass a sentence of imprisonment of not less than twenty years and specify a period of not less than twenty years as the minimum period of imprisonment to be served by that person.

← Special provision in relation to certain murders and attempts. CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1990 Restrictions on power to commute or remit punishment or grant temporary release. →