1In subsections (1) and (2) of section 19 and in section 23, for the words " five pounds " there shall be substituted " £200 ".
2In section 30, in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), for the words and figures " one month" and " £50" there shall be substituted respectively " three months " and " £1,000, or both " ; in paragraph (b) for the words " one month " there shall be substituted " three months " ; and at the end of that paragraph there shall be added the words " or to be so committed and to such a fine ".
3In section 127, in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), for the words " twenty pounds " there shall be substituted " £500, or both " ; and at the end of paragraph (b) of that subsection there shall be added the words " or to be so committed and to such a fine ".
4In section 144, after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
“(2A)In any case where the judge has power to make an order of committal under subsection (2) for failure to attend, he may in lieu of or in addition to making that order, order the debtor to be arrested and brought before the court either forthwith or at such time as the judge may direct.”.
5In section 157, in paragraph (ii) of subsection (1), for the words " twenty pounds " there shall be substituted " £500 " ; and after that paragraph there shall be added the words " or may both make such an order and impose such a fine ".
6In section 23, after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection: —
“(1A)In any case where the judge has power to make an order of imprisonment under subsection (1) for failure to attend, he may, in lieu of or in addition to making that order, order the debtor to be arrested and brought before the court either forthwith or at such time as the judge may direct.”.
7In section 97, in subsection (4), for the words " 7 days" there shall be substituted " one month "and at the end of the subsection there shall be added the words " or impose on him a fine not exceeding £500, or both ".