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Section 17

Double penalties for crimes of violence

of Prevention of Crime Act 1959

ActIn forceProvision 24 of 40
Section 17

Any registered person who is convicted of any offence committed after the date of the entry of his name on the Register under the provisions of any law specified in the Second Schedule shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of twice as long as the maximum term for which he would have been liable on conviction for that offence, and also to whipping.

Loitering by a registered person in a public place, etc.