 PUNISHMENTS (INTERPRETATION)        ġCAP. 23.             1
CHAPTER 23
PUNISHMENTS (INTERPRETATION) ORDINANCE
To make provision respecting the interpretation of certain punishments.
(4th August, 1888) *
Enacted by ORDINANCE XVII of 1888, as amended by Act XLIX of
1981.
Short title.
(Interpretation) Ordinance.
Interpretation of 
certain 
punishments. 
Amended by: 
XLIX.1981.4. 
Cap. 9.  
2. Any existing or future law, inflicting the punishment of
death, imprisonment, solitary confinement, fine ( multa  or  ammen-
da ), detention, or reprimand, shall be deemed to inflict the corres-
ponding punishment established by the Criminal Code for all the
effects and consequences of this punishment, in the same manner as
if the provisions of such law formed part of that Code, subject,
however, to the limitations laid down by such law.
Punishments 
established for 
contraventions. 
Cap. 9.
3. Any law inflicting, in general terms, the punishments
established for contraventions, shall be deemed to inflict all the
punishments which, under the provisions of sections 341 and 344
of the Criminal Code may, separately or cumulatively, be applied
to the contraventions referred to in that Code.
Scale of 
punishments. 
Cap. 9.
4.   Any law directing the ascent or descent from one
punishment to another shall be deemed to refer to the scale of
punishments and to the other provisions contained in section 31 of
the Criminal Code.
Applicability of 
other provisions. 
Cap. 9.
5 . Any other provision of the Criminal Code shall be
applicable in the case of any offence referred to in any special law,
unless such provision be inconsistent with the provisions of such
law.
* See  Proclamation No. XII of the 4th of August, 1888.
