Clause 71

replace subsection (1) with —“(1) If —

a person having been convicted of 2 or more specified offences is again convicted of any one of the specified offences (whether or not the same specified offence); and

the court is satisfied, by reason of the person’s previous convictions or the person’s antecedents, that it is expedient for the protection of the public or with the view to the prevention of further commission of any such offence that a punishment in excess of that prescribed for such a conviction should be awarded,the court may punish the offender with punishment not exceeding 3 times the amount of punishment to which he or she would otherwise have been liable for the conviction except that where imprisonment is imposed it shall not exceed 10 years.”; and

in subsection (3), delete the definition of “serious injury”.