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2. Amendment of section 303…
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Section 303 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,
No. {5 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the “ principal enactment ”) is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words “ is a mandatory sentence of imprisonment, ", of the words “ is a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment, ”.