Part 7: Sentencing and release Chapter 1: Custodial sentences Section 122: Penalty for cruelty to children
Subsection (1) amends section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 to increase the maximum penalty, upon conviction on indictment, for the offence of cruelty to a person under 16 from 10 years’ imprisonment to 14 years’ imprisonment.
	Subsection (2) provides that the increased maximum penalty applies only to offences committed on or after commencement of this provision.