BOOK I — PENALTIES
11 Penal servitude
(1) The punishment of penal servitude is imposed for life or for a minimum term of years.
BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS
TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE
CHAPTER I — OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE
51 Stirring up war against the State
Any person who stirs up war against the State shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be sentenced to penal servitude for life.
11. Penal servitude
The punishment of penal servitude is imposed for life or for a minimum term of
(1) 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.
51. Stirring up war against the State
Any person who stirs up war against the State shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be sentenced to penal servitude for life or, where the Court is satisfied that compelling reasons exist which justify the imposition of a lesser sentence and has specified the reasons on the record of the proceedings, for a term not exceeding 60 years.
150A. Sentence of penal servitude for life
Where under any enactment other than the Criminal Code, a Court is empowered or required to pass a sentence of penal servitude for life, the sentence may, at the discretion of the Court, be for a term of not less than 3 years and not exceeding 60 years.
[S. 150A inserted by Act 6 of 2007 w.e.f. 18 June 2007.]
1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:
(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or
(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.