Limitation on period for which previous offences taken into account

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If —

(a)

a person is convicted of an offence under a road law (the present offence); and

(b)

the penalty or penalties which may or are required to be imposed for the present offence vary according to whether the person has been convicted previously of an offence under a road law,

any previous offence the conviction for which was recorded more than 20 years before the commission of the present offence is not to be taken into account in determining the penalty or penalties to be imposed for the present offence.

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107 Limitation on period for which previous offences taken into account