Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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I thank the Chair. I thank Deputy O'Callaghan for his explanation of the legislation. Under section 7(a) a person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary of conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months. The fine element has gone out of that. That means that under this Bill everybody who is caught in possession of a knife in a public place with a blade that is sharply pointed will be jailed for 12 months.