The Criminal Justice Act, 1948 (Adaptation of Naval Discipline Act) Order, 1949
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of March, 1949
Present,
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas by Sub-section (1) of Section 1 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948(a), it is enacted that no person shall be sentenced by a court to penal servitude and that every enactment conferring power on a court to pass a sentence of penal servitude in any case shall be construed as conferring power to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum term of pe...