Section 11: Penal servitude
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11. Penal servitude
(1) The punishment of penal servitude is imposed for life or for a minimum term of 3 years.
(2) Where in any enactment the punishment of penal servitude is imposed without a term being specified, the maximum term for which the punishment may be imposed is 40 years.
[S. 11 amended by Act 1 of 1998; s. 3 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]
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- What is the minimum and maximum term for penal servitude?
- If a law imposes penal servitude without stating a term, what is the maximum?